Please help me with solar setup
I have been reading a lot about solar on here and finally decided to take the plunge or come to the dark side as some would say. Sunny side makes more sense, but whatever. :) We do not use a lot of...
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JiminDenver wrote:
I started out with a 230w 24v panel that I picked up cheap on craigslist, they sell for as low as $130-140 plus shipping from solarbld.com. I added a pair of 50 foot of 10 AWG MC4 cables that I get off of ebay for $50 shipped and a Eco-worthy 20a MPPT controller that runs $102 shipped. I never mounted it, instead used it on the ground to get a feel for what it would do for us and what we wanted out of the solar. Roughly it is the same set up and BFL uses and a few others. Even left flat it was more than we could use without a huge inverter.
Hi, is it cheaper to buy 24V panel than 12V panel?
I`ve ordered the Eco-worthy 20a MPPT controller and wonder how many Watt panel I shoud buy? I have a 90ah AGM battery.
