Diverting excess solar power to water heater
I'm about to install 1300 watts of solar. During part of the day I should have excess solar power left over. I plan on using the MidNite Solar Classic 150 MPPT controller which allows the excess pow...
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Mud Hole wrote:
I can find lots of 12VDC heater elements, but all are 1" NPT and won't fit into the drain hole. I did find a 120VAC 600W element that will fit in the drain hole.
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What happens if I use it with 12VDC? I asked this question of an electrician a long time ago and he told me it would work, just not nearly as effective as running it on 120VAC.
Does anyone know of a 12VDC water heater element that will fit into the drain hole?
MH
Use that 600 watt element together with a 600-1000 watt inverter.
