Hello to everyone. As you can see I am new here and have been following a few things. I have been collecting solar and wind components for about 6 years and storing them away until I was ready to make the move. Well my last electric bill was $669.91 for 2 months. I have had enough. Now that bill is not the normal, but because of contractors repairing flood damage it was way up. The normal is 350-370 and we are cutting back and conserving. Due to a "retired" budget I have purchased items for years and have finally decided to put the system into working order.
I have the following so far: Outback Flexmax 60 MPPT, 4-120 wt 12 vt Evergreen panels, 6-205 watt 24vt panels, X-air 12vt turbine and tower, 8- 8146 6vt batteries (new)delivered this week, and a Xantrex prosine 2000-3000 inverter.
Here is what I think is my problem. I am not sure I can integrate the 12 vt wind turbine with the 24vt solar array. I have set up the Evergreens to give me 24vt and combined them with the other panels to give me 1719 watts @ 24vt. The Outback with change that over to 12vt for the inverter but how can I tie the wind turbine into that?
I have many more questions but that is my problem today, anyone have any input ?