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James Osbourne
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Hello all,
I am in deep water here based on my very fundamental understanding of physics generally and solar design specifically.
I am 83 years, homeless, and have access to land with one building, wood heat, non-potable site water, and nothing else.
I want to make a PV system with an array of 1500 watts or slightly more, I have so far tentatively selected 6 Surette s480 batteries; each 375 nominal AH. I would like to make the system higher voltage than 12, to reduce losses wire size and the only one I can make with that bank is 36 V. I have searched for basic design info on that voltage system and have found none. Yet I see many charge controllers and inverters with that input. To go to 24 or 48, will raise the cost of the bank and the array. I intend to use a single pole mount that will rack 6 large modules.
I live on <1500/month and have saved about 3K so far.
I seek advice and literature that I can understand and use.
I am in deep water here based on my very fundamental understanding of physics generally and solar design specifically.
I am 83 years, homeless, and have access to land with one building, wood heat, non-potable site water, and nothing else.
I want to make a PV system with an array of 1500 watts or slightly more, I have so far tentatively selected 6 Surette s480 batteries; each 375 nominal AH. I would like to make the system higher voltage than 12, to reduce losses wire size and the only one I can make with that bank is 36 V. I have searched for basic design info on that voltage system and have found none. Yet I see many charge controllers and inverters with that input. To go to 24 or 48, will raise the cost of the bank and the array. I intend to use a single pole mount that will rack 6 large modules.
I live on <1500/month and have saved about 3K so far.
I seek advice and literature that I can understand and use.
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