Air conditioning on solar
So today I put together the three solar systems on the 8-D, hooked up the PowerJack inverter and then the 5000 BTU air conditioner. The Air conditioner is a Frigidaire unit that uses 446w/ 3.9a @120v....
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BFL13 wrote:
PT yes you get a tiny amps flow right to the end. I don't know what Phil is on about.
What Phil is about is that I got the impression from others' comments that some solar controllers "shut off/down" too soon - when perhaps the solar panels feeding them might still be able to just barely maintain enough potential (voltage) on their outputs so as to still supply some charging current if the controllers had not shut off/down. Hence, are there not better controller/panel combinations out there - if you want to spend the necessary dollars - that can overall, each day, soak more energy out of the sky than others.
I guess I'm just trying to carefully size my portable solar panel purchase most-bang-for-the-buck budget. I'm thinking that mono plus a good MPPT controller might be the ultimate combination - but am still not sure. P.S. Mono panel weight is not a concern. :h
