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jsgamber

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Dicky said:
i have 30 130 watt panels up and running, as for total this and that, ill have to ask my bud. solar is his gig, he spouted off all this stuff but to me it doesnt matter. i had a few requirements before i made the leap. what will it cost how much space do i need and how long will it take me. these needs were met and now never again do i have to send some scumbag thieves (power comps, govt. etc..) another payment for something that i can do myself. my bud wanted to wire it so extra power being made would be sold back to the power company..fuck em just like they do to us..my $.02
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So it looks like the roof panels can supply a total of 3900 watts of continuous power which means at 120 volts you can sustain 32.5 amps on the panels alone. I did a search on 12volt 1000cca RC batteries. The specs said the battery can sustain 25 amps for 320 minutes. Does this sound right? If that's the case and you have 40 of them you have 1000 amps on the batteries or 120 kilowatts. Good God!!

That would sustain a 1000 watt bulb on 12/12 light for 10 days!!! Assuming you were just living and not growing, you probably use about 200 watts/hour over a 24 hour period or 2400 watts total or in other words you can run your house for 50 days without having to recharge.

So how long did it take to fully charge all 40 batteries assuming you trickle charge the batteries off the grid and then run the household off of an inverter from the batteries? I bet it takes a while. :)

I'm not an electrician so my math might be off a bit.

Dude!!!
 
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Dicky

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it had to be able to power the house (2700 sqft) the garage, air tools, lift, lighting, sprinkler system, as for the batteries being charged i think its going to take quite awhile, prob a week i bet, to fully charge but im told once they are fully charged it wont take much to keep them charged with the cali sun. as for the 1000cca batteries, i use 2 of them to power my drag car, 800+hp, electric water pump, fans, fuel pump. u get the idea, never had a prob. but they do take quite a bit of time to recharge.
jsgamber said:
So it looks like the roof panels can supply a total of 3900 watts of continuous power which means at 120 volts you can sustain 32.5 amps on the panels alone. I did a search on 12volt 1000cca RC batteries. The specs said the battery can sustain 25 amps for 320 minutes. Does this sound right? If that's the case and you have 40 of them you have 1000 amps on the batteries or 120 kilowatts. Good God!!

That would sustain a 1000 watt bulb on 12/12 light for 10 days!!! Assuming you were just living and not growing, you probably use about 200 watts/hour over a 24 hour period or 2400 watts total or in other words you can run your house for 50 days without having to recharge.

So how long did it take to fully charge all 40 batteries assuming you trickle charge the batteries off the grid and then run the household off of an inverter from the batteries? I bet it takes a while. :)

I'm not an electrician so my math might be off a bit.

Dude!!!
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