230v appliance (Incinerating toilet) with sw4048 120/240?

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  • kakarot
    kakarot Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭✭
    mike95490 said:
    Are there any trees around  ?  ( for the men ) boiling water away is a hugely inefficient way to use solar power
    Yes, plainty of trees around, I got a DIY urinal for ladies.

    How many batteries do you guys think?
     I currently got two 12v AGM 203 watts each.
  • Estragon
    Estragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With 200ah@12v batteries, you could do 2 strings of 4 batteries (eight total) for 400ah@48v, ~19kwh.

    That gives ~3days autonomy at 3kwh/day to 50% state of charge.  4kw of pv should be enough to recharge from 50% SOC in most climates.  Whether 3 days autonomy is enough to avoid going below 50% SOC with no alternate means of charging, I don't know.  

    If the climate is such that there are longer runs of gloomy weather, the bank could be bigger and/or a generator added.  If using a larger bank, I'd use lower voltage / higher amp-hour batteries to keep the number of strings to one or two.
    Off-grid.  
    Main daytime system ~4kw panels into 2xMNClassic150 370ah 48v bank 2xOutback 3548 inverter 120v + 240v autotransformer
    Night system ~1kw panels into 1xMNClassic150 700ah 12v bank morningstar 300w inverter
  • kakarot
    kakarot Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭✭
    So eight batteries could do it.
    I plan to get lithium later.
  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2019 #35
    kakarot said:
    So eight batteries could do it.
    I plan to get lithium later.
    I'd say look into the loveable loo :
      There are free plans for many loos built around a 5 gallon bucket, using sawdust, peat moss or other materials.

    After years of alternatives and trying all sorts of ideas, the bucket, a seat platform, and a scoop of dry carbonaceous is the real deal,
    until you get a flushing septic system in place.




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  • littleharbor2
    littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
    mike95490 said:
    kakarot said:
    So eight batteries could do it.


    After years of alternatives and trying all sorts of ideas, the bucket, a seat platform, and a scoop of dry carbonaceous is the real deal,
    until you get a flushing septic system in place.




    From experience I might add, If you can acquire a 7 gallon bucket you might prefer it to the shorter 5 gallon variety.

    2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

  • kakarot
    kakarot Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭✭
    Now I got 8 x 110Ah AGM batteries.
     I will make two 48v banks   and then connect them in parallel
    48v 110 Ah x 2    = 48v 220Ah
     I guest that would give me 10kwh
    More than enough to run this toilet by 3 people every day.









  • kakarot
    kakarot Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭✭
    edited March 2020 #38
    Update:
    I've got 12 Gel batteries
    12v each
    110Amp  each
    All setup to make 3 banks of 48v  = 330Amph @ 48v

    330Amp x 48v =15840kwh
    15840kwh / 2  = 7920 kwh

    7920kwh at 50% of battery use



    I've got the cheap chinese inverter/charger  5kw, 80amp, 48v

    tested the toilet  which is at 230v, all is working it burns a banana to ashes so i guess all good.