Solar Expert Component Review Requested
I had previously been looking at the GoPower Solar Extreme "Kit" and received some very good feedback from all you folks here in the forums. It is due to that feedback that I have decided to piece my ...
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pianotuna wrote:
Do you have prices on the aims? I would consider stand alone products rather than inverter/chargers
Follow the Amazon links for price and limited descriptions. I like the interver/charger combo as it has a nice pc interface to be able to monitor both aspects.
2oldman wrote:
What battery configuration?
Right now I have 4 Trojan t105 in series/parallel for 12 vdc - 450 AH. I probably will be adding two more once the system is in to bring it up to 675 AH.
westend wrote:
Less installation cost, more watts, and less overall cost by going to 4 nominal 24V modules if you can fit them.
My thought on the panels was to be able to lose one panel to a failure and only lose 100 watts. I can jump the wire over the top of it in this case. It's a balancing act I know. More panels, more failure modes too.
time2roll wrote:
Panels say they can connect in series... I would check that they have bypass diodes. All I see is blocking diodes.....
I will check on the diodes, but if memory serves me correctly, the diodes just act as one way valves for current. Will block one way, but flow the other. Like I said, I will check.
As for mounting the panels, I was going to go with a single strip of double back surface mount adhesive down the middle of each panel and Dicor tape for the edges. No bolts in the eyes.
Yeah, the meter is more of a gadget, but it does have the on/off switch on it too.
3000 watts is probably overkill and I'll probably pull more then 2000 only a few times a year. But, the rig has three TV's and the wife does like her hair tools. I like my drip coffee and the Bose sound system with the subwoofer. I guess the Tim Taylor - "More Power" in me is poking through.
Thanks for the feedback so far!
