Derating 24v Solar Panels?
I'm considering running two 250w/24v poly panels; tracked/pointed during spring/fall, and flat during the summer; thru the Tracer 3215BN 30a mppt controller. I can also get 200w/24v mono panels, local...
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jrnymn7 wrote:
Good point regarding using the solar to power loads. I don't usually think in terms of powering loads, just charging. Of course, I do realize solar is running loads all the time, in essence... just thru the bank first.
Yes, I'll try contacting ep solar, and see what they have to say. Maybe as long as I add a fan or two, it'll handle being maxed out.
The loads don't run through the bank first. The power out of the controller is there with no resistance unlike there is when the bank discharges. The only reason any power comes out of the bank is because the demand is higher than the output of the controller. Also I have started a system up, started a inverter running a light and then removed the battery. as long as the sun shown the light stayed lit.
That's why we have a A/C that pulls 450w, one of the burners on the cook top pulls 475w, a heater that pulls 400w and so on. The batteries are there for the short term big loads, over night and bad weather. Most days they are rarely out of float.
