Brucey
Solar Wizard
Good afternoon everybody. Been reading a bunch of great threads and info here for a while now.
I started my journey/addiction with a River 2 to give my wife a UPS for her hospital bed so she's not trapped if the power goes out. Got a Renogy 115W bifacial panel as a charge source. Then I picked up another River 2 plus 60W ecoflow folding panel that was on sale during Prime days.
However, the limitations in terms of available output power and capacity were soon obvious. As well as the fan noise....
So I ordered a Delta 2 Max when it was at $1499. With an additional 8% coupon basically covering the sales tax. Unfortunately that has yet to ship initially was told end of July now it may be around August 10th...they offered an additional $50 off if I remain patient, if not I can cancel and get refund. The reason I want the d2max is that it's reported to be 30db of fan noise at 500W or less of output/input and a max sound levels of 46dB. Potentially expanding battery capacity using the two scc ports, versus paying big bucks for the d2max extended batteries. This will be in the living room so fan noise is a big consideration.
But now I have started down the path of probable financial ruin. Ordered my first Victron piece. The 12V 30A single output Blue Smart IP22 charger. This will initially be used to charge/top off car/truck batteries, potentially using a river 2 as the AC supply (reducing charge rate via BT to stay at or below the 300W limit of the River 2).
My ultimate goal is a bunch of ground mount bifacial panels, a bunch of diy 48V LFP batteries and Victron goodness to connect it all for the house (need 240V for well pump and AC), other big loads are on propane. Potentially a pair of 5kVA multiplus IIs in split phase or something like that. They will be in the basement so transformer hum/fan noise won't be critical. Grid will remain connected, no export. But with future price increases coming for power I'd like to be able to offset that with solar somewhat. If I have excess power maybe get a freeze drying machine and run batches through that.
Anyway thanks to all for being a great resource and I look forward to learning more.
I started my journey/addiction with a River 2 to give my wife a UPS for her hospital bed so she's not trapped if the power goes out. Got a Renogy 115W bifacial panel as a charge source. Then I picked up another River 2 plus 60W ecoflow folding panel that was on sale during Prime days.
However, the limitations in terms of available output power and capacity were soon obvious. As well as the fan noise....
So I ordered a Delta 2 Max when it was at $1499. With an additional 8% coupon basically covering the sales tax. Unfortunately that has yet to ship initially was told end of July now it may be around August 10th...they offered an additional $50 off if I remain patient, if not I can cancel and get refund. The reason I want the d2max is that it's reported to be 30db of fan noise at 500W or less of output/input and a max sound levels of 46dB. Potentially expanding battery capacity using the two scc ports, versus paying big bucks for the d2max extended batteries. This will be in the living room so fan noise is a big consideration.
But now I have started down the path of probable financial ruin. Ordered my first Victron piece. The 12V 30A single output Blue Smart IP22 charger. This will initially be used to charge/top off car/truck batteries, potentially using a river 2 as the AC supply (reducing charge rate via BT to stay at or below the 300W limit of the River 2).
My ultimate goal is a bunch of ground mount bifacial panels, a bunch of diy 48V LFP batteries and Victron goodness to connect it all for the house (need 240V for well pump and AC), other big loads are on propane. Potentially a pair of 5kVA multiplus IIs in split phase or something like that. They will be in the basement so transformer hum/fan noise won't be critical. Grid will remain connected, no export. But with future price increases coming for power I'd like to be able to offset that with solar somewhat. If I have excess power maybe get a freeze drying machine and run batches through that.
Anyway thanks to all for being a great resource and I look forward to learning more.