PV panel selection? (long)
Hello, all. I’m looking for some feedback on PV panels before embarking on the next upgrade to our electrical system. To establish the background, we will be mostly boondocking, and moving frequent...
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Anyone with experience on Grape Solar? I see the GS-S-160-Fab8 is available with free shipping for 229.99. Dimensions are slightly more favorable for my install.
Four right now would have me at 640w and I can easily add two more later to get to 960w. I might just go ahead and buy the extra panels now and store them to ensure later compatibility.
I will have in the worst case 6 hours per day unobstructed light, if the sun moves fore and aft on the rig. If the sun moves side to side, then no shading at all. So most shading issues will arise from trees etc.
There is no residential frig in the plan any time soon, quite happy with the propane for now. The purpose for the big battery bank is so that if we are in a shaded spot for a week, we can run for days between recharge events.
Four right now would have me at 640w and I can easily add two more later to get to 960w. I might just go ahead and buy the extra panels now and store them to ensure later compatibility.
I will have in the worst case 6 hours per day unobstructed light, if the sun moves fore and aft on the rig. If the sun moves side to side, then no shading at all. So most shading issues will arise from trees etc.
There is no residential frig in the plan any time soon, quite happy with the propane for now. The purpose for the big battery bank is so that if we are in a shaded spot for a week, we can run for days between recharge events.
