can i use this to power my bedroom elecrtonics allongside with 500 watt solar panels
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This unit is a 10 Amp charge controller. That means the maximum input wattage it can handle is 120 watts @ 12 vdc. Your 500 watt panel would exceed this unit's rating. After my unit didn't work I sent it back and purchased a Morning Star, which was made in the United States.
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I agree with the previous answer. This is for charging 12 volt DC batteries with up to 10 amps from your panels. What you then power off those batteries with or without an inverter depends on your power needs and the size of your battery bank.
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For 500 watts I think the 30 Amp or larger (30 amp is rated at 450 watts max) charge controller might be a better match. Also this is a charge controller it doesn't really power anything but is meant more for charging of a battery system. You could then use the battery system either with or without an inverter to power your devices.
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If you have 500 watts of solar collecting capacity my understanding is that it would exceed the capacity of this controller. I recommend getting a 40amp MPPT controller. I got this controller for testing purposes but even my two panels rated at max 140watts each would exceed the capacity of this charge controller in full sun.
1632645
this power converter can handle up to 500w electrical appliances. you should buy 1000W power converter (or more)
585894
Gene, It will not work! 5 watts is a very small amount of power. This fan draws about 4.5 amps. 12(volts) times 4,5(amps) results in over 50 watts. Your solar array won't come close to doing the job.
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I have blown inverters that have matching capacities to the PV's. A good rule is to give yourself extra capacity. Although your PV array is rated at 1000 watts your are probably producing 700watts tops. You are probably wondering if you can get away with using a 1000 watt inverter. I wouldn't risk it. I've done it in the past, but heat is your enemy. Over rate your system with a 1500 inverter and spare yourself the aggravation of living on a prayer. P.s. lengthen the life of your inverter by cooling it with a low wattage fan.
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You can use any type of solar panel. If you are using solar panel which has wattage of 180 to 300 watts, you can use minimum 5 panels and maximum up to 1750Watts. We can also provide you solar panels at competitive rate.
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Its only a 5 Watt panel so no. Running something from a solar panel, without a DC battery, isnt practical anyway if you need any sort of a constant voltage.
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The grid tie hooks directly to solar panels, you do not want to go through a charge controller nor do you want to hook to a battery bank. Using this small inverter I am assuming you have a twelve volt system, make sure you do not exceed the 250 wattage or you will fry the inverter For a little more money you can get a 500 or 600 watt inverter, I have 6 600 watt inverters that have been working great for over a year. I have 3 185 watt panels for a total of 545 watts on each 600 watt inverter, It is best to stay a little under what the inverter can handle
1836483
Sure, but you will want to make sure that you have the solar panel hooked up through a contoller/regulator to avoid overcharging the battery. This is true with any battery.
1004220
Yes - if you have the solar capacity and the time. I used a morning star solar battery charger and 230 watt solar panel.
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Tricky but I believe yes. The DC to AC convertor is rated at 3KW (3,000 watts) at its max. This translates to 25 Amps at any time and you need about 33.3 Amps per hour. The other factors involved would be in determining the solar panels and the battery bank required, to ensure you have the right ratings to supply the required current for the load.
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This unit it a grid tie inverter you hook your solar panel(s) directly to it and plug it into your homes electrical outlet. It can produce up to 300 watts of power into your homes electrical system
942174
Only if you have a battery which you charged ahead of time which can power said appliances for the desired amount of time. This panel set could not power those items outright, you'd need a much larger set-up for such a task.
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I think not, 500w is the less you need to use it, with a 600w maybe you can
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Youre going to need deep cycle batteries as far as output it depends on how manyamp hours the batteries have the solar panel should always charge of 400 watts if tHeres sun look online how to calculate Amp hrs depending on what ur running I can run some fans lights a tv and a fridge in my rv with two batt
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You would not use the Thunderbolt Solar kit to run a 4 bedroom house. That is a serious investment in no less than 12 panels, a good sine wave converter, and a 24 volt forklift battery pack at the least. This kit is suitable to keep 1 or 2 RV 12 volt batterys charged for use with an 800 to 2000 watt converter.
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That will only do 5000 watts sorry. Swith not large enough for your generator
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it really will depend on the specs from the panels you choose but i would say if they are similar to something like the renogy 100 watt panels you could run at least four for sure and possibly more depending on the actual output from each panel. if i was running more than 400 watts of panels i would probably start looking at some of the mppt charge controllers so you can get the most out of your system.