Okay.. Man this is a complex subject. Thanx for all the comments.
I have spent alot of time reading up trying to catch up!
Here is what I am thinking...
I have a 5000 Watt inverter (nothing fancy) already which will pull over 300 Amps at full load.
I'm thinking of getting six 12v, 94 Amp/hr batteries for 564 Amp/hrs of run time which would be 6748 Watts need to fully charge the batteries...
So, doing the math... I would need 6, 100 Watt panels to charge the battery array.
I have a 12 foot x 24 foot area I can install panels on that faces south, I'm looking for array's that will fit in this area right now.
Next problem... I'm in HOT HOT HOT Florida... What about keeping the batteries cool? Everything I look at says they need to stay from 70 - 85 degrees F. Do I need to air condition them? Can I just blow DC fans over them? I assume that they cannot go in my house because of the out gassing, and I think I would be defeating the purpose of the array if I had to run the AC to cool the batteries!
Anyone had to deal with this yet?