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cardamon

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3250 watts of PV ordered
« on: March 12, 2014, 06:44:22 PM »
A few days ago I ordered 13 sharp 250's for .75 a watt.  I am pretty happy.  I am doing something a little funky so the electrical specs needed to be pretty specific and these fit those requirements.  Plus I feel good about going with sharp panels as they are US made/assembled and one of the companies that is more likely to be around for potential warranty issues compared to  a lot of these other manufactures  that come and go.   As soon as the ground thaws I can get installing.  Looks like the days of nervously watching battery voltage during the winter months will be over soon.

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Re: 3250 watts of PV ordered
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2014, 01:31:44 PM »
What voltage is your system and bank size? I'm 24 v. I am going to buy panels in about 2/3 months. 1200 ah bank. 13
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Re: 3250 watts of PV ordered
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 06:38:58 PM »
I am going up to 24V when I get these up and running.  My battery bank is very small, only 400 AH.  This may seem like quite a mismatch, but I want to be able to run power tools off the array, heat water, and get good charging on cloudy days.