Adding eletrical to enclosed trailer
First of all forgive me, I know this topic has been discussed and there are a million different tutorials but I guess I need it simplified for me as to if my idea will work. My wife and I are wanti...
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A group 29 battery stores about 1300 watt-hours of which only 50% should be used.
Hair driers are a large load and would require 2 group 29 AGM batteries with a 2000 watt inverter.
Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT. What ever type of controller is chosen, make sure it has adjustable set points and a temperature probe that is on the battery.
One rule of thumb is between 60 and 150 watts of panels per 100 amp-hours of storage. The smaller the battery bank the higher the wattage needed (per 100 amp-hours). Here is a link to the rather special spreadsheet which includes an energy audit, that N8GS has created to help size solar battery charging systems!
Solar Spread Sheet N8GS
For a nice explanation of solar, try this link:
Golden rules of solar
A group 29 battery stores about 1300 watt-hours of which only 50% should be used.
Hair driers are a large load and would require 2 group 29 AGM batteries with a 2000 watt inverter.
Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT. What ever type of controller is chosen, make sure it has adjustable set points and a temperature probe that is on the battery.
One rule of thumb is between 60 and 150 watts of panels per 100 amp-hours of storage. The smaller the battery bank the higher the wattage needed (per 100 amp-hours). Here is a link to the rather special spreadsheet which includes an energy audit, that N8GS has created to help size solar battery charging systems!
Solar Spread Sheet N8GS
For a nice explanation of solar, try this link:
Golden rules of solar
