Here is what I have done as a start up to solar. I use it to charge batteries and to run some equipment. Not a bad little system. Thanks for watching. http://www.thereadystore.com/?aid=4d8ed2…
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Billy Joe Mac Allister says:
April 23, 2015 at 12:59 pm (UTC 0)
Good info. Dead on. Your doing fine! Yeah invest in an Mppt charge
controller to get the max charge as opposed to a PWM charge controller that
can sap some wheres 40% power/charging loss. <-- ouch!
Billy Joe Mac Allister says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:33 pm (UTC 0)
As for the set up in a 12v your 220 amp hour batters as 6V are halved. 880
at 6volts = 440 ah thats 50%. At 12volt its 440ah and half is 220 =( ( as a
12volt system your at 220 amp hours!)
Stephen T says:
April 23, 2015 at 1:51 pm (UTC 0)
Them charge controllers are not charge controllers
they are voltage regulators. They would fry your batteries if you had more
Soler panels.
Billy Joe Mac Allister says:
April 23, 2015 at 2:28 pm (UTC 0)
Off topic we cut the ends and tops off carrots celery and cube up potato’s.
Why do we save what most people throw out? The plants are cloned in water
grow 300% faster then seed since the clone tops are all mature plants. You
can knock out a speedy growing garden in few short weeks. Food for thought
=) Also ripped out bushes that aren’t food producers and replace them with
edibles. Think we cut our food bill by 60% last year. Also leaves make
perfect compost. Add coffee grounds worms little water and flip it few
times monthly makes the best black gold and will feed all your plants
perfect. Plus people bag up leaves and do the work for you ( I like free! )
If you grind up the leaves with a mulcher it’ll speed up the process ten
fold.
Casey's DAD says:
April 23, 2015 at 3:10 pm (UTC 0)
you are absolutely a prepper. anybody who has the common sense to prepare
for an emergency should not be embarrassed to be called a prepper. I’m a
prepper and i don’t think an asteroid is going to hit the earth so cut me
some slack dummy.
lee986321 says:
April 23, 2015 at 3:36 pm (UTC 0)
I never heard of power companies cutting power to do maintenance. I am
using the actual charge controllers from HF.on full sun light with three
panels I can run a crock pot. I have the three charge controllers in
parallel.
fliping720 says:
April 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm (UTC 0)
You have 440Ah at 12 volts and 880Ah at 6 volts, but your system is 12 volt
so you have a total of 440Ah and if you only use 50% then you only have
220Ah at 12 volts, hope this helps, don’t want you running out of power
before you know it!
Johnnie Blevins says:
April 23, 2015 at 4:39 pm (UTC 0)
if your just looking for emergency power, you should buy a battery charger
to keep batteries charged
523panda says:
April 23, 2015 at 5:06 pm (UTC 0)
I think you made a simple mistake in calculating your ah on your battery
bank.When you hookup battery’s in parallel you keep the same voltage but
double the capacity in amps. Then connecting battery’s in series you would
get double the voltage but the capacity would remain the same.so in the end
your battery set up is only 400ah and you should not exceed half of this.
Christopher711 says:
April 23, 2015 at 5:12 pm (UTC 0)
Yeah , very loud is no good for the middle of the night. How well have the
Costco batteries worked for you?
camelia markham says:
April 23, 2015 at 5:43 pm (UTC 0)
You’re right. I’m an oxygen patient also. I receive backup tanks…for
power blackouts.
Kronos2361 says:
April 23, 2015 at 6:07 pm (UTC 0)
Thought about solar myself but went to an alternator setup. This maybe a
good idea for you to think about. I have 2 200 ah 12 volt deep cycle
batteries which are hooked up in parallel. Those are hooked to the Harbor
Freight 2000/4000 watt inverter. I am driving a 1/2 hp motor single phase
off the inverter. This in turn drives my 12 volt/110 amp alternator. I use
that to charge my batteries with an inline 40 amp fuse on it. This is my
basic setup.My goal is to run a space heater through the night on the
really cold nights.Hope this inspires you alittle.
Glenn Hough says:
April 23, 2015 at 6:50 pm (UTC 0)
great solar set up… thank you for sharing..
minbound says:
April 23, 2015 at 6:59 pm (UTC 0)
@garymule Son of a….., lol. Now I have to get two more batteries:)
19hawk11 says:
April 23, 2015 at 7:14 pm (UTC 0)
I have to get on this myself. I was thinking of using it with a 12 volt
lighting for emergencies.
claver99 says:
April 23, 2015 at 7:49 pm (UTC 0)
Nice set man that is the way to go solar.Mine is 3 60watts solar panel , 6
225ah batteries and a 5000watt inverter .my inverter got damage so i will
have to get that fix.
GaryMule says:
April 23, 2015 at 8:03 pm (UTC 0)
Thanks for watching.
GaryMule says:
April 23, 2015 at 8:42 pm (UTC 0)
Well go get it! Thanks for watching!
mackuss says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:31 pm (UTC 0)
It’s car batteries tjat can’t go below 50% or they lose max charge. Who
said the HF hager controller isn’t really a controller?
N22Tango says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:40 pm (UTC 0)
I have 8 MEP (military electric power) surplus generators, and 4 of these
solar kits. We have storms here that sometimes knock out power for days and
weeks. I’m using 12 volt golf cart batteries on my solar panels. They
handle abuse better.
Frankie T says:
April 23, 2015 at 9:43 pm (UTC 0)
bullshit guy..! you’re a prepper! its okay dont deny it! lolol
longboy1998 says:
April 23, 2015 at 10:06 pm (UTC 0)
Nees it get a pure sine worth the cost
Teddybear500 says:
April 23, 2015 at 10:23 pm (UTC 0)
nice!
TheEndeavoringFamily says:
April 23, 2015 at 10:53 pm (UTC 0)
I can’t wait to get something like this. I have the small eep portable
units for lights now. But,I would love to to way more.
GaryMule says:
April 23, 2015 at 11:29 pm (UTC 0)
Hey thanks it is a nice little set.
nixart says:
April 24, 2015 at 12:06 am (UTC 0)