A couple years ago I bought some of the flexible panels - PVL-128 from UNI-SOLAR - and since they were designed for a flat metal roof and my location (S.E. WY) is so windy its just not practical to use them. I was planning on building wood stands in a triangle shape to mount them. I've decide to try and sell all 30 of them locally at a discount or keep them for backup or just lay them out on the ground in the summer. Anyway here's my setup:
48v ~3800 watts
Outback VFX3648
Classic Lite 150
3 or 4 rows of 12v deep cycle batteries - 4 in series
I live in a small town and will probably have to have them shipped to the nearest UPS center. So what's the best panels to buy? I see that most places have ~20 per pallet @250w/panel which comes to around 5kW ~= $5000. I wouldn't mind driving to Denver to pick them up since I go there once or twice a year.