looking for a low power modem and router

[Xringer]

Originally Posted by Bmello

@Xringer

I have a real amateur setup Two Mitsubishi 110 panels
Xantrex 1,500 Watt Portable Powerpack and an extra 63ah Concord deep cycle battery, It's enough energy to power my small devices for several hour.
The powerpack has a built in inverter and it beeps really loud when the batteries are getting low.

I had the Morningstar charge controller you posted and sold it.
I need one that could support more than one panel.
I picked up Sunforce 30 Amp Digital Charge Controller.
I really want to see what it would cost to grid tie, and pick up a few more panels. You can purchase 200watt panels for the around the same price I paid for the 100watt panels

@Angmaar
I will surely be looking at the Tomato firmware

Thanks!

I was only trying to point out the type of controller. One that has a set of Load terminals
(that can handle your 24w load).


If I wanted to power 24w 24/7, I would likely use a single panel 80-200w
and a charge+load controller with a 115ah marine-RV battery.
I would likely have to switch it back to the grid at times,
depending on the size of the PV and the weather.
That process could be made fully automatic.

Anyways, the system should be able to run your load & simultaneously
give you battery a full charge within about 4 hours of good sun.
So, a good sized PV is required. It has to daily store enough watt-hours
to run that 24w load all night long and then some.

But whatever the size you pick, there is going to be cloudy days followed
by more cloudy days, once in a while..


Have you checked all the Low-Hanging-Fruit? There might be some other
place where you can save 24w.. CFL etc..

I pay a lot for my power, 21 cents per kWh.. 24 watts 24 hours would cost me, about
0.576 kwh x .21 = $0.12096 or $3.63 per month or $43.50 a year.

LOL! I pay over $200 a year for the town newspaper!

Really, how much do you pay a year for 24 watts?