Calling on Solar Techies
I have been thinking of going solar for some time and decided to pull the plug. My wants are a 400 to 500 watt system. I have four 12 volt batteries with 340ah. I am not planning on changing b...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:
Takes a lot of solar, battery AND MONEY to make the system you long for, way above your budget.
Why does everyone keep saying this !
Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 Charge Controller - $325 Amazon
Victron SmartShunt Battery Monitor - $130 Amazon
Samlex EVO-1212F-HW Pure Sine Inverter/Charger - $745 Amazon
That is $1200 ! If you shop hard, you should be able to find 200W polycrystalline solar panels for under $200 each. ($150 a piece would be a very good deal at 75ยข/watt, but do-able) Add mounting hardware and some wiring and yes, you will probably be up around $1700
(If I was building this for myself, I would want 600W of solar and a 2000W inverter and I would use a 24V battery bank but that would be over $2000.)
Charge controller not big enough to allow for future growth.
Inverter is too small.
Yes on the battery voltage--but that will take him way over $1500. If I were starting over I would go to 48 volts.
