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  • Re: Off grid backyard trailer solar

    This is for the backyard office trailer... Can you install (temporary or permanently) a 10 AWG buried cable and then use a Kill-a-Watt meter (or an old surplus power meter) to measure you energy usag…
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  • Re: Off grid backyard trailer solar

    In general, that large of system (300 kHW per month or 10 kWH per day), you are looking at a 48 volt battery bank. If you are looking at 1 kWH per day, that could be done with a 12 volt battery bank …
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  • Re: Off grid backyard trailer solar

    Your battery bus voltage is really a sliding scale between different issues. If you need to supply a 120 Watt load--That is ~10 amps at 12 volts... A simple 100 AH 12 volt battery could manage that l…
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  • Re: Off grid backyard trailer solar

    No problem Tucsonjwt, That is why we tend to have long answers--Both to help educate, and make sure that we are all speaking the same language. And if there is confusion, then we can clarify (we try …
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  • Re: Off grid backyard trailer solar

    Yep, need to know your exact hardware (and some information about the installation--Top of an RV, or 100+ foot run from array to battery shed), etc. Also need the Voc/Isc/Vmp/Imp of the solar panels.…
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