jyonke15
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I have a couple of acres that I'm developing slowly and will someday build a house. But in the meantime, I have a camper, shed, outhouse and I want to add a chicken coop. I've been getting by with a couple of small self contained solar lights and exhaust fans from Amazon and Harbor Freight but my next project is going to push me into needed something more. I don't live out there full time, so my day time usage is isn't much at all. In fact, it can be zero for up to a week at a time. But I plan to add a chicken coop in the spring and since I'm in SE Wisconsin, I need to keep my water collection system from freezing from the point of storage to the point of deliver in the coop. That might look like a tank heater, heat tape and a trough heater all in use together from December-March. I don't plan to have a very long distance from the panels to a controller/inverter.
I just purchased used (6) 235w Trina panels from a local source. I attached a picture of the specs from the back of one of the panels. I can use all these panels, only use some of them, or I can get more if i need to.
I think my main concern is having enough stored energy to discharge overnight, knowing I live in a region that averages 3.45 hours of peak sunlight from December to the end of March. I have an idea of what type if power I might be consuming, estimating a high of 10,000 watts per overnight if I run everything constant.
From here, I'm all ears, looking for direction on everything from Panel wiring, controller to inverter to batteries/wiring etc. I have been looking at buying a some number of 6v 225ah batteries and wiring them together.
I just purchased used (6) 235w Trina panels from a local source. I attached a picture of the specs from the back of one of the panels. I can use all these panels, only use some of them, or I can get more if i need to.
I think my main concern is having enough stored energy to discharge overnight, knowing I live in a region that averages 3.45 hours of peak sunlight from December to the end of March. I have an idea of what type if power I might be consuming, estimating a high of 10,000 watts per overnight if I run everything constant.
From here, I'm all ears, looking for direction on everything from Panel wiring, controller to inverter to batteries/wiring etc. I have been looking at buying a some number of 6v 225ah batteries and wiring them together.
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