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greenmojo
Gold Member
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2012
- Messages
- 297
- Location
- Badger Mountain, WA
- Tractor
- John Deere 4300, John Deere 450C
What did the battery cost??
$20k
This is a screenshot of Outback's OpticsRE system. Live data is sent up to their cloud system for monitoring. This is with only the first 12 panels connected.
I am really impressed with the AGM technology, the battery seems much more stable and I have less voltage fluctuations with this larger battery. The generator hasn't run once since I connected the new battery.
Most people would be very surprised to find that their actual power consumption isn't that high, and that a small to medium sized system would completely replace their power company.
I have it configured that anything over 4,000 watts for more than 60 seconds automatically fires the 30,000 watt diesel generator to take the load and charge the battery while running. It automatically idles and shuts off when the load drops back down to 3,000 watts.
~Moses