Our system is nearly up and running, we've been doing it in stages for our 24' yurt.
Stage 1: Honda EU2000i generator, used this to run power tools to build, and once it was finished (extension cord into yurt)
Stage 2: 8 Centennial GC-2 6v 225ah golf cart batteries in series/parallel for 24v 450ah battery bank, 1000w pure sine inverter with automatic transfer switch, and 1000w power-factor corrected 24v charger, started running romex and installing outlets in the yurt at this point
Stage 2.5: Victron BMV-600S battery monitor, this thing is awesome. Shows realtime flow in/out of battery bank, state of charge, time-to-go, etc...
Stage 3: 3 250w AstroEnergy panels, Midnite Classic Lite 150 charge controller - Installing tomorrow.
I designed the system to provide 2kwh for 2 days, with a discharge to 50% and derating for lower temperatures - so far everything has been working as intended, pretty excited to get the panels mounted up so we can stop using the generator to charge though.
Stage 1: Honda EU2000i generator, used this to run power tools to build, and once it was finished (extension cord into yurt)
Stage 2: 8 Centennial GC-2 6v 225ah golf cart batteries in series/parallel for 24v 450ah battery bank, 1000w pure sine inverter with automatic transfer switch, and 1000w power-factor corrected 24v charger, started running romex and installing outlets in the yurt at this point
Stage 2.5: Victron BMV-600S battery monitor, this thing is awesome. Shows realtime flow in/out of battery bank, state of charge, time-to-go, etc...
Stage 3: 3 250w AstroEnergy panels, Midnite Classic Lite 150 charge controller - Installing tomorrow.
I designed the system to provide 2kwh for 2 days, with a discharge to 50% and derating for lower temperatures - so far everything has been working as intended, pretty excited to get the panels mounted up so we can stop using the generator to charge though.
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