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  • Re: Wiring panels series? Parallel? Both?

    Do you have a refrigerator or not? If you have a refrigerator, LED lighting, laptop/LED TV, smaller RV water pump, etc... I would be suggesting a 3.3 kWH per day system would be very nice and can giv…
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  • Re: Wiring panels series? Parallel? Both?

    In general, for a 24 volt battery bank on a good quality MPPT controller, you want the Vmp-array-std to be around 35-100 VDC. And, Vmp-array-std minimum really should be ~1.3x29v=37.7 to ~40 volts. S…
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  • Re: Battery to TV sizing

    Exactly, what charge controller do you have? MPPT controllers (good quality) can be over paneled without too much problem (keep them cool/well ventilated). Over paneling a PWM controller (check the s…
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  • Re: Battery to TV sizing

    BrownBear, That is the $1,000 question (solar power questions are free--The answers can cost lots of money). First, a 300 Watt panel is going to be pretty close--Get a couple days of clouds, and you …
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  • Re: Battery to TV sizing

    Same as above, but Los Angeles and best year round harvest angle gives: Los Angeles Average Solar Insolation figures Measured in kWh/m2/day onto a solar panel set at a 56° angle from vertical: (For b…
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