Thursday, October 25, 2012
The project is essentially done and ready for delivery to the strawbale home where it will live. The only thing to add now is a bit of + / - physical protection to avoid bumping live buss bars, a small AA charge, and a lamp. This setup will basically be used to run a few kitchen appliances like food processors, etc, in an off grid home. When the SLA's die, each one (5 total) will be replaced with (2) 6V Trojans in series, thus comprising a 1000 Amp Hour Bank. That is why everything was done beefy, to accomodate that. I will post links to the parts I used; everything was quite affordable. The setup as shown cost less than $300 incl. everything you see. the inverter is a Xantrex 3000 watt modified sine wave with max 300A input. Blue LCD DC 500A Digital LED Panel Ammeter/ amp Ampere Meter Without shunt available by ebay vendor minishop_008 for $9.99 free shipping. myworld.ebay.com DC 500A 75mV Current Shunt For Ampmeter Analog Panel AMP Meter Ammeter - matching shunt for above ammeter by minishop_008 for $9.99 free shipping. LCD Digital Blue Voltage Volt Meter Voltmeter Panel 20V - $4.99 free shipping available by vendor bestnbestonline. myworld.ebay.com Entire metering package cost was $25. 20A 12V/24V PWM Solar Street Light Panel Charge Controller Regulator Auto switch $14.99 free shipping myworld.ebay.com myworld.ebay.com
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