Solar in an Off Grid Cabin in Maine
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Winter days must be frighteningly short in Maine. Six hours of good sunshine? Three hours of real solar production?
I'll bet the state is utterly beautiful with real people with functional brains. Cold weather seems to help with that.
First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries -
A lot less chores when you do not have to spend time with generators...
The guy in Maine can't do what you can out here unless you are coastal."we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
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