Hump Day

mcgivor
mcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
To all northern hemisphere members Happy Hump Day, the days will begin to get longer. To  all southern hemisphere members, six months of decline, your Hump Day is in June.
1500W, 6× Schutten 250W Poly panels , Schneider MPPT 60 150 CC, Schneider SW 2524 inverter, 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Battery Bodyguard BMS 
Second system 1890W  3 × 300W No name brand poly, 3×330 Sunsolar Poly panels, Morningstar TS 60 PWM controller, no name 2000W inverter 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Daly BMS, used for water pumping and day time air conditioning.  
5Kw Yanmar clone single cylinder air cooled diesel generator for rare emergency charging and welding.

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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We actually had a pretty sunny day here in Northern Calif, and that made my batteries that had been living on generator for last 5 days, very happy.  I harvested about 15kwh, used 6kwh doing laundry and other stuff and charged batteries with the rest, and got about 15 min of float !
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

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