Solar Panels??
I would like to know what users look for in a solar panel, I am thinking about getting one but I am not sure what the out put should be. It would be used for charging my 12 v battery when we go off gr...
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Hi,
I don't see it as daunting at all. Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT.
For a small battery bank lean towards 150 watts per 100 amp-hours. As the size of battery bank increases, lean towards (but do not go below) 60 watts per 100 amp-hours.
If you full time and boondock lots, then populate the roof with unshaded panels and go with an MPPT controller to extract every watt possible.
I don't see it as daunting at all. Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT.
For a small battery bank lean towards 150 watts per 100 amp-hours. As the size of battery bank increases, lean towards (but do not go below) 60 watts per 100 amp-hours.
If you full time and boondock lots, then populate the roof with unshaded panels and go with an MPPT controller to extract every watt possible.
deltabravo wrote:
It was a daunting task trying to piece together my own system, so I left it up to the experts at AM Solar. Then I let them handle the installation too.
