Our systems and usage are similar except I have a 40 inch led in the living room and a 24 in the bedroom. Same inverter. I have a remote start Honda 3000 for occasional a/c use so I use it to run the microwave, toaster and hairdryer.
I have a Trimetric, sc2030 and 4 Cynergy 130 watt panels. I bought the panels off Ebay from Solar Blvd for $620.00 delivered. You already have the Trimetric so maybe the Bogart controller would work for you. The SC 2030 solar controller is small and easy to mount and talks to the trimetric through an RJ14 phone cable. It's fully adjustable and has the ability to equalize.
I ran 4 gauge from my controller to the roof box about 16 feet away. On the roof I used 2 or 2 1/2 inch aluminum angle cut to about 3 inches long at all 4 corners with the ability to tilt. I used 5/16 SS hardware for the pivot points and drilled the panel frame and installed rivnuts at the corners that would be lifted. Those corners have 5/16 x 18 thread plastic knobs. I used a 1 1/2 sq chunk of plastic with an angle cut under the center of the long side of the frame to keep it from bowing. Now that I have used the system a little I doubt that I will ever tilt and probably should have used Z brackets.
SC 2030 $120
Panels $620
HD plastic box $12
Plastic strain reliefs $20
Terminal strips $15
Aluminum and hardware $60
Mc4 Y cables $13
Mc4 10 foot $22
Mc4 $13
I had the 4 g cables but just guess they would cost $50
So under $1,000 for 520 Watts
I'm learning how to use the settings now but it seems to be a great system. I'm backed under a tree with 1 1/2 of the panels shaded and it still works good. It has been raining for the last 2 days so today will be a good test day as it will be down about 95 amp hours.
I ran it on 2 panels the other day with it down 40 amp hours or so and it recovered by 3:00 or so. I was impressed how well it did on 260 watts.
As I play with this system I can try running it more on one or two panels to give you some better numbers if you like. I'm running 4 six volts but I'm also going to run on 1/2 the bank to see how it does. I'm in northern Mich with night temps in the 50's and a decent amount of furnace use.
Read Bogarts warranty. I take it as a statement of their commitment to quality.
PWM works just fine so dont get too wrapped up in the mppt argument. Read Bogart and Handybob.
HandybobEdit: I also used the temp compensation cable. Thanks Pianotuna for your emphasis on temp comp.
