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Originally Posted by jeffharbert
The PV is something I would do in increments. Bite the bullet and get the gridtie inverter I want, start with 2-4 PV panels, and a relatively small battery bank. Add panels as the budget permits. I'm thinking eventually two dual-axis trackers with ten panels each. At some point replace the battery bank with something larger and sell the first set of batteries to someone else who wants to build a small PV system. It'll take several years to complete, I'm sure.
Too. Many. Projects.  |
I know what you mean by too many..
Anyhow, if you are going to be doing the slow incremental PV thing,
those panels that I'm looking at
120w solar panel, solar module 120w
have Vmp: 17.6V and are more suited to the type of 12V chargers that I already have.
And not so suitable for something like an EnPhase grid-tie inverter.
IMHO, the EnPhase units seem like the very best way for someone
to start off with a small system and built it up incrementally.
If you have not looked at Enphase, you should. They rock for small and large systems.
They are useful in the smallest (1 panel) to very large scale arrays.