Living on Solar Made Easy: Beginner Series Pt.3 The Heart and Brains of Your System
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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I'm really enjoying your solar made easy series.
As am I brother! Aloha!🤙
I replaced a Roarbatt 1000watt 12 volt inverter with a BougeRV also1000 watts. Idle current dropped from 13 watts to 4 watts. Doesn’t sound like much, but for a small system that is a big difference in a 24 hour period. My 1280 wh system is solely to power my freezer when the grid is down.
For a resistor to charge capacitors a pencil sharpened on both ends works well and is usualy avalable. The spark will fry your inverters so always use one to eliminate spark.
Yes sir!🤙
I started tonight, I bought 2 batteries a year ago and two more recently, a little bit of a spread but following your advice I bought power queen batteries and am very impressed. battery #1 13.11-13.12 same for #2, #3 one of the two new ones 13.14 and the same for #4. Exited and because of Bob more excited!!! Keep em coming Bob Aloha Bruddah!
Right on brother! That is exciting! Aloha!🤙
I built a small system (a few weeks ago) but I used a 24 volt 100Ah Ecoworthy battery and inverter which allows for smaller cables etc. I chose the Victron Smartsolar 100/20 as it means I can upgrade to 48volt at a later date. I also wanted to use the load output function to try and charge my Anker 555 powerbank (this system was added because I had a free solar panel under warranty, doubling my rate of charge and I couldn't store or use the power fast enough). The 24volt system means I can charge the power bank at it's max of 200 watts (it's an older design). I've set the load output to charge the power bank based on voltage so that when the 24volt system reaches 27.1 volts (roughly) it will charge for an hour. If the voltage stays above 27.1 volts it keeps charging, if it drops below my lower limit it stops. This isn't the best way to do it as 27.1 volts can be anything from about 70% to 85% depending on how much current is coming in from the solar. However as the solar charge controller doesn't know how full the battery is, it is the only way to automate it. I have a shunt so I can see the % and Ah left in the battery but the shunt only shares voltage and current information with the solar charge controller (to give more accurate information to the charge controller and allow for cable losses etc.). I am also running a Victron 1200/24 inverter in order to power my fridge. That might sound a lot for a fridge but I'm not sure it's enough as the whole inverter buzzes when the fridge starts up! I've seen over 1300watts to start the fridge compressor despite drawing only around 80 watts once running.
The only thing I would add is that unless there is some specific need for 12V, start with at least a 24V system (25.6V LiFePO4 batteries). And if you are confident of your electrical abilities, go straight to 48V (51.2V LiFepO$ batteries). All of those charge controllers can do 24V. For 48V you have to be more careful reading the charge controller specs but the SmartSolar 100/20 and the 150/35 can do the whole range of voltages.
For the many reasons I've outlined in past segments. Higher system voltages multiply the amount of solar you can connect to a charge controller, vastly reduce heat, vastly reduce cable losses, vastly improve efficiency, and allow smaller cable sizes to be used, etc.
Best to decide the system voltage early on because upgrading the system voltage later on is expensive (requires new inverters, rewiring existing batteries or new batteries, etc).
A quick guide (add more charge controllers to increase solar, up to cable and battery limits):
12.8V @ 200Ah, Victron 100/20: 256W worth of solar, 2.6 kWh of storage, 1280W @ 2 AWG (100A)
25.6V @ 100Ah, Victron 100/20: 512W worth of solar, 2.6 kWh of storage, 2560W @ 2 AWG (100A)
51.2V @ 100Ah, Victron 100/20: 1024W worth of solar, 5 kWh of storage, 5120W @ 2 AWG (100A) (NOTE 1)
120VAC Inverter efficiencies (decent inverter, not low-end inverter) and cable losses / heat from equipment & cables:
12.8V: 90-92%, baseline
25.6V: 92-94%, 1/4th the cable losses and 1/4th to 1/2th the heat vs a 12V system.
51.2V: 93-95%, 1/16th the cable losses and 1/8th to 1/4th the heat vs a 12V system.
NOTE 1: Once the system voltage exceeds 32V, more attention to fusing and safety is required, so people unsure of their electrical knowledge often choose 24V systems.
And maximum nominal capabilities using 2 AWG battery cabling (100A limit) and 100Ah or more worth of batteries.
12.8V: Up to 1280W worth of solar and 1280W continuous power consumption.
25.6V: Up to 2560W worth of solar and 2560W continuous power consumption.
51.2V: Up to 5120W worth of solar and 5120W continuous power consumption.
-Matt
Mahalo for spelling that out for us Matt! That is great to see and so easy to understand. Love that information! Aloha!🤙
While all thet is true, for dependability 12v and 24v equipment is avalable locally. If 1 cell in 1 battery fails it takes the entire system down in a 4 ×12v bank a 24v system carries on at 50% capicity and 12v continues at 75% .
@@teddycunningham7568 At 12, 24, or 48V system voltages it works the same way with same-voltage batteries. i.e. you don't have fewer batteries in a 48V system verses a 12V system. At any voltage, if you lose a battery in a paralleled set, the remaining batteries will still work.
for example:
4 x 200Ah 12.8V batteries in parallel
4 x 100Ah 25.6V batteries in parallel
4 x 50Ah 51.2V batteries in parallel
These three topologies all have the same capacity, the same number of batteries, the same total weight, and roughly the same cost for the batteries.
But there are vast differences in performance and cabling, vast differences in heat, and vast differences in efficiency, due to only needing a fraction of the amps to carry the same amount of power.
For example, the 48V system can push 5000W with only 2 AWG (100A) cabling while the 12V system would need 4/0 cabling to do the same thing at 400A.
-Matt
go for all in one----- mttp, charge controller, inverter
Another video for that for sure!🤙
These are the kinda video I need ty buddy
Anytime brother! Aloha!🤙
Real nice work on this series, Bob!
Mahalo!🤙
Sage advice and I've got a sneaky suspicion that a whole lot of folks are going to soon be thanking you for your intuition and advise on these things. Mahalo and aloha.🍍
Aloha!🤙
Victron's prices are coming down, when i bought that unit it cost 40 bucks more. Works great!
Love seeing all the prices coming down making it more affordable option for everyone! ALoha!🤙
living the dream .
Absolutely!🤙
I like the series. Victron has proven to be very good, but I prefer to have a visual display right there on the controller. The wire run has to be short, but my favorite charge controllers are the Bouge RV Lithium PWM. Today on Amazon I got an alert that the Bluetti AC 200 MAX was on sale for $1,000. I paid $2000, 2 years ago. If I had it to do over again , I'd buy a unit like that and then a 48 volt 100 amp hour battery with a 40 amp mppt and just feed the power station with that through the solar input 24/7.
great job. yes power grid in trouble and not just the USA. Victron MPPT charge controllers are great ! can easy add more to system. and they talk to each outher . so many good battery's now. just pick LiFePO4 with good warranty .lots of great inverters now. just pick the watts and features and pure sinewave and your good. just read reviews on them.
A great time to be getting into solar. So many good things to choose from these day's! And so cheap! Aloha!🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 well said. The cost of doing nothing is much higher !
Great help and advice.
Thank you.
My pleasure John!🤙
I have 2 Bluetti AC200Max's
An invertor and charge controller are inside these power boxes.
You just need solar panels.
If you don't have solar panels you can use a generator or household outlet to charge it back up.
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Sounds great! That is an easy plug and play for sure!🤙
I have 2 AC180s.
Very happy 😊
@@stedyone1090 There you go. 👍🏾 I have friends who want to go off grid. I always say make things easy for you.
I have mine powering a mobile home I rebuilt. Vandals tried to remove the non copper wiring. So I cut all the wiring out because I wasn't rewiring the place.
These units can't be more simple to use. You can even check on them through your phone. 👍🏾👍🏾
I enjoy the channel
Mahalo!🤙
Love it all!!
Aloha!🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 aloha!!!
Always great getting more info I’ll be waiting to see more content be safe everyone
Aloha!🤙
Love the resistor idea Bob...
Good stuff and enjoy your videos.
Mahalo John!🤙
Aloha. I expected a smartshunt to be part of the basic setup. Or at least a device to monitor the battery‘s capacity.
Aloha Peter! Yes it is going to be included, I forgot to mention and show it , but it will be .🤙
Watch out for those dangerous jungle chickens and cats…Have fun stay safe.
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Way Cooler than a Solar Generator and allot Cheaper - Aloha 🌴
Way bigger capacity, bigger bang for the buck yeah!? Aloha!🤙
Wassssup. I just installed my Li Time 12v 400a battery yesterday. I had Four BB 100Ah batteries for the past 3 years.. and one of them recently failed. I have almost 3000w in 2 arrays here.. a pair of victron 150\70's, bmv 712smart shunt, CERBO with touch 50 and the Lynx 1000 distributor. Things are doing well here. I am unplugged from the grid.
Nice! Unplugged from the grid is so satisfying! Aloha!🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 Indeed. I do have a 30a shore power connection.. but getting this RV setup to live offgrid. i will rent a porta potty and haul my own water. i found a 1 acre parcel for just under $2k in AZ. just gotta find the time to go look at it. 900 miles away.
Good Evening ! Just watched # 2. Have a good evening. TAKE CARE..
Good afternoon!🤙
Love project in paradise 808
Aloha!!🤙
My Victron cerbo gx is connected with a internet cable. After a lightning strike on my house the Victron brains burned out expensive replacement. Surge protection on the house unable to stop the powerful surge.
Direct hits are nearly impossible to defend against. I've taken two direct hits on house over 30 years....lost equipment both times. Aloha!🤙
Hi Bob,
Quick question. When connecting two 100 ah lifepo4 battery’s in parallel - Do you set the charge controller at 100 ah or 200 ah ? Hope this question makes sense.
Thanks,
Ernie
Aloha Ernie! Two in parallel makes a 200Ah battery, so yes set controller to 200Ah. 🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 Thanks, appreciate it.
for 800 watts of panels how big of a victron should i get i got a powmr its not doing the job it will only go up to 3.3 i set it at 14.2
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