This is not bad results 😊. U can charge it at night when price of electricity is lowest then during the day when its most expensive u run the ac 200 max. I like the results
@st8kout961
Жыл бұрын
To give you an idea of what you can expect running offgrid, I'm running 2 window air conditioner units with an AC500. I had to keep adding batteries and solar panels to get 24/7 operation here in scorching hot Las Vegas. 5 Batteries total and on a clear day it takes until around 2pm to get back to 100% charge. On a somewhat cloudy day, it might only get back to 90% before the sun gets too low. One of the ACs is a super efficient 5000 btu Fridgidaire. The other is a new LG 8000 btu Inverter type. The Inverter model was supposed to be efficient, but it depends on how hot it is outside. For the same temp setting of 60 degrees, it draws around 1500 watts when it's over 110 degrees outside. Without changing anything, the wattage drops to 500-700 if the outside temp drops to 90 or less. Weird how that works as it stays set at 60 degrees. Right now both units are drawing 1.3kWatts including my Fridge. Every night I compute how much runtime it needs until the sun comes up, and adjust the load if needed. Sometimes I can run both units and other times I set the sleep timer on the ACs to shut off one of them during the night, so that the other can stay running until morning. (Once you're asleep you don't need as much air conditioning as you think.) It takes a lot more battery power than you might think to go offgrid, or survive a prolonged grid failure. If you live in a cooler part of the country then you won't need nearly as much battery backup. Before Summer hit, I was running almost my whole house on the Bluetti with just 3 batteries, with power to spare. Then came the super hot Vegas summer where I need 5 batteries to make it work. I could use a 6th battery, but then I'd have to install more solar cells for recharging. My backyard already looks like a China weather balloon landed.😛(Putting panels on your roof involves a whole lot more money; installation, inspections, permits, HOA approval, etc. Not really a DIY unless you know what you're doing. But putting up your own arrays in the backyard IS a DIY.) "Free energy from the sun" is downright expensive. You go solar not to save money but to have power during an emergency where the grid may be down for weeks, months. I'll take some 20 years before I'll break even on costs, even with the current 30% tax break on your IRS 1040. You can't deduct more than what you owe, so excess is carried over to next year.
@Suncatcher-wt2od
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. Are you running your refrigerator 24/7 with it as well and do you have any lights hooked to it ?
@kalasag9113
Жыл бұрын
I run my LG fridge and my centralized A/C, 8x5, on my 3k/whr power station with 650w of solar panels facing east and another 600w facing west. I generally get to about 20% juice left at around 10pm, after which, I switch from offgrid to Line via a transfer switch before going to sleep. I probably need to upgrade to a 9k /whr setup and bump the solar panels 200w each to maintain 24/7 for these two appliances alone.
@garys6898
Жыл бұрын
12k btu mini split runs at like 300 watts when it reaches temp
@dangeroustoman
Жыл бұрын
A mini split would work better.
@tedsamuels3203
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your info , It was very helpful 🙂
@djjumpe
Жыл бұрын
This is exactly the setup im looking. ty
@trevorbelmont4633
20 күн бұрын
What panels are you using? are those 4 panels?
@Suncatcher-wt2od
19 күн бұрын
@@trevorbelmont4633 I had 4 200 watt panels in series going into the solar connection and 3 100 watt panels in serious going into the DC charging enhancer
@Suncatcher-wt2od
19 күн бұрын
@@trevorbelmont4633 I had 4 200 watt panels going into the solar connection and 3 100 watt panels hooked to the DC charging enhancer.
@trevorbelmont4633
19 күн бұрын
@@Suncatcher-wt2od does the DC enhancer have a limit or require specs for panels?
@Suncatcher-wt2od
19 күн бұрын
@@trevorbelmont4633 the Dc charging enhancer has a max limit of 500watt and 60voc
@Suncatcher-wt2od
19 күн бұрын
So if I had the panels I could have 200 more watts for the dc charging enhancer and the solar side has a max of 900watts so I could have another 100watt input there as well getting 1400 watts of total input.
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