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A good place to start to learn about solar. The more you know about solar, the better the chances are that you get a good system that will meet your expectations.
That would make more sense. I've worked with 1k commercial panels, they aren't usable on an RV...
Love to see a 1000 watt panel, do you have a link to any manufacturers?
No, that's just what they told me was up there. I was just working on a problem with the charge controllers. Basically the panels were so cold, but AZ had so much sun, that the controllers couldn't bleed off the excess voltage. It was causing the 48v gear to shut down for safety. I put a household heater on a remote switch so it could be used to kill excess power. Oh, and the site is SRP-sponsored, the panels could very well be experimental, who knows.
It would have sucked to cook off this many batteries!
Thinking that with present technology, a 1000 watt panel would be well over 200 cells and well over 100 volts. A buddy that installs grid tie, says a panel that big would be like 10' by 8'. and size and voltage would not make it paractial. Biggest panel I have ever heard of is 420 watts with 60 volt VOC and is over 6x4 ft, but they haven't been sold for a while.
This grid is much larger than 10x8. No idea how it's composed. Look at the wires running to it, they're not exactly phone wire.
No problem, happy to help. I've worked with electricity all my life.
People like me are fortunate to have people like you on this forum.
Thinking that with present technology, a 1000 watt panel would be well over 200 cells and well over 100 volts. A buddy that installs grid tie, says a panel that big would be like 10' by 8'. and size and voltage would not make it paractial. Biggest panel I have ever heard of is 420 watts with 60 volt VOC and is over 6x4 ft, but they haven't been sold for a while.
It is a 100w . I misunderstood the lady at the RV place. Sorry
A good place to start to learn about solar. The more you know about solar, the better the chances are that you get a good system that will meet your expectations.
Thank you so much.
This grid is much larger than 10x8. No idea how it's composed. Look at the wires running to it, they're not exactly phone wire.
Most grids are multiple panel, so imagine much, much bigger than 10x8.. Just can not understand the 48 volts? Most big arrays are panels in series to up to 600 volts.
48v is what the telecom equipment requires. The panel inputs come into a bank of controllers which need to output 48v, and I think the input is around 55v nominal, but that day it was well over 60. Which the controllers couldn't dump, and that's why we had to jump on a helicopter. The site is at the top of Estrella mountain and serves a bunch of companies, SRP, public safety (DPS), radio trunking systems, ISPs, etc.
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