With these panels, can leave out the charge controller for the time being and just use them with my 500watt grid tie inverter?
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Yes, you can do that. Bryan has provided a good answer to this question. Also, since the panels are 12v, you are limited to the grid-tie inverter selection. You'll probably need a low voltage, high current grid-tie inverter, yet this may not be UL listed.
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Yes you can, however if you don't have a analog meter box from the power company it will only offset your immediate use during the day when the pv array is receiving sunlight. Your power company can install a meter box that will remember how much power your back-feeding to the grid, if your meter is digital, you should contact them first in that case. Analog meters will turn backwards if backfed.
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Yes. The instructions with the panels clearly show that wiring in series can be done. But make sure your charge controller can handle it. Many technical comments available on the Amazon site in connection with charge controllers.
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Yes BUT... You have to buy a charge controller that can "step down" the 36 volts from the panel to 12 volts for the batteries.Look at Morningstar controllers and or go to Morningstar's website to get the specs on an appropriate controller for your application.
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Yes they can, they are basicly like a battery. The only thing you will need to watch is that the charge controller will handle the increased amperage. I am running 2 of them with a 10 amp controller (overkill) with no problems. Pricewise, if you haven't purchased these panels yet you could probably get a 50 watt panel cheaper.
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According to the directions you do not need a charge controller for a 30w panel on this unit. Larger panels would require a charge controller.
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No ! The charge controller should be mounted in a dry , cool place . The PV cable supplied is of no use , unless you are mounting the panels on a garden toolshed roof and installing controller , batteries and inverter inside the shed . Since my panels are 50 feet from my charge controller , I am using # 10 awg pv cable ,very little power drop ; charges my batteries fast. Hope this helps . ..Roger
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If you match the proper size batteries to your panels through the right size charge controller you will have no problem charging the batteries. The generally accepted ratio is 1 1/2 watts of panel per amp hour of battery for a productive charge. This unit is not a charge controller. This is a 12 volt power inverter that converts the 12 volt power in your battery to 120volt ac for common use. I have one of these. It works ok for the money but it doesn't produce very "clean" electricity.
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Yes you will need a controller a panel this big would quickly destroy the battery. When it is dark your battery will not discharge any faster than it would naturally.
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Yes, most solar panels can wire up directly. But my recommendation is go with 500 or 1000 watt grid tie inverter. The 250 will burn out quickly.
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You have to put them in parallel to maintain 12 volts in the system.all positive together all negative together.assuming you're inverter and charge controller is 12 volts
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Yes, the Inverter should hook directly to the battery, with very large cables. You can run your low wattage dc loads off the Renogy 30 amp charge controller. I run some 12 volt dc lamps off the charge controller. See the diagram on Renogy's web site for an example... Follow the hookup order for the cables to the charge controller
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The charge control can handle up to 7A. Your 30 watt panel puts out ~1.68A at high noon. You should be fine with one charge controller charging two or more batteries and it would require more charge time. Just make sure you hook up your batteries correctly. Personally and for convenience I would much prefer to get two charge controller with two solar panels for the two batteries so that I could avoid having to move and or reconnect the batteries. A larger solar panel can would benefit you quite a bit if you need to drawn power from the battery each night. Hope you are using deep cycle batteries.
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Yes, you can hook the 2 6v batteries in series to the inverter, that's what I did. The solar kit is going to be independent as long as it comes with a 12v charge controller. *Note you should only run your batteries down more than 50% in an emergency, that will shorten their life span of the batteries. A 1500 watt inverter maybe a little over kill matched a 95 watt solar kit. You need a bigger solar kit, or just buy and second one. I started with 2 (100) watt panels and plan to add to them.
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depend on what you are hooking it up to. If using as a battery charger than yes you need a controller. If hooking up to grid tie inverter or D C heat element than no do not need a controller.
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No they will not. You will need to make a set of pigtails using a set of quick connects with bare wire ends. this will let you use the ones from your panel. Be sure to solder the ends of the bare wires before putting them into the screw downs at the bottom of the controller to give you a good connection.
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If you are just going to charge batteries then all you need to provide is the wiring and fusing from the charge controller to the batteries. You also need to find a good way to mount the panels. They are 2'x4' each.
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I have two 275 watt panels hooked to mine. I believe I have room to add another. It is a 30 amp charge controller. B