BFL13 wrote:
You have come to the right forum! :)
So first give us the brand and model of the 35 amp converter so we can know how it gets its 120v. Some you just plug in and others are "hardwired".
A 35 amp converter means only 35 amps DC. Its 120v input requires only a 15a circuit.
On your 120v breaker panel, there should be one marked "CON" that might be sharing with some other 120v thing like "Receptacles" If the converter has its own breaker, that can be the switch.
Your "gel" batteries are probably AGMs. There is a difference in how to recharge them. Confirm what you have there.
Two 100ah batteries are not enough to run that 2500w inverter to run anything big like a microwave. OK for TV sets etc. Needs two more batteries for a MW.
600w of solar is a lot with only two batteries as "storage". You can recharge them quicker than four batteries, but then you can't last as long between sunny days. (As is the situation)
There’s no breaker labeled “CON”. There’s only one labeled MAIN and another labeled GENERAL. Don’t know what that means. If I don’t have one, can I just have a breaker for the converter installed? I have two open slots for additional breakers in the converter. The model is made by WFCO and model number is WF-8935AN with plastic.
The gel batteries are Renogy gel batteries. They’re supposed to have more cycles than AGMs, but they’re not as expensive (or efficient) as lithium.
I agree. I do need more batteries. We’re headed back to Southern California soon, where I had the solar system installed. When we were down there, we were almost always running on the float charge. We’ve never reached full charge since we arrived in Oregon last week. So I don’t need more batteries now, but I will when I get down to So Cal.
And we don’t run the microwave much, so I’m not concerned about that.
