inverter air con

[dapope]

Tracks for the panels? Any L shap alloy should do. No to the battery increase, i always work on 200w of solar to 100ah of batteries as a minimum.
No reason you cant extend wire if you need to.
Use a flexible sealant, not silicone. The idiot sheet will tell you. Let me know if there is anything else you need to know..

[Kappy]

Thanks Dapope,

Do all panels need to be the same type, or can you mix and match.

The panel were on my rig when I brought them, is there an easy way to reveal type and wattage?

Cheers
Kappy

[T1 Terry]

Well I bite the bullet and have ordered a new Harrier inverter Air Con..

Total price $2100 delivered to Wagin.

Gonna have to move some solar panels, can I add extension cabling if required.

Also can anyone direct me to a retail outlet in Perth for tracks etc

I hear a lot of talk about Wattage etc and still struggle to understand the finer points of solar power.

If I increase the number of panels do I need to increase my batteries???????

70mm x 25mm x 1.5mm aluminium angle, drill holes close to the end and one in the centre. Use rivet-nuts in the solar panel so you can bolt through the angle to attach the solar panel, remove the centre and one end bolt and the panel can be tilted up for wiring inspection and cleaning out the leaves and mud wasp nests.
To extend the solar panel cable you can either buy a length twice what you need with MC4 terminals on each end, then cut it in half so you have a plug for each lead out of the panel already attached to a length of cable
or
Use 6mm auto cable (4.34mmsq conductor) and either fit the whole MC4 connector or punch out the pin from the panel connectors and only fit the corresponding pin to the 6mm auto cable, slide a piece of heat shrink up the cable, plug the MC4 connector pins into each other as far as they will go, a dob of solder and fit the heat shrink. This is the method I use, guarantees a good connection every time and can be easily separated if needed. Also the cable is much smaller without the plastic plugs so easy to feed through the conduit to keep the mongrel cockatoos from chewing the cables.
More solar than battery is not an issue, more lead acid battery than solar can be a problem as they won't fully recharge, lithium doesn't suffer that problem and can handle as much solar input as you can fit and still take the DC to DC output as well

T1 Terry

[Dibsy]

Ok ran my old clunker today 1.5 hrs then the inverter went of beeped like mad so I don't know wether to get a new one before I get the new inv air con or wait and see what it does . But I'm thinking it might crap out at an inconveniant time .

Dibs

[T1 Terry]

Ok ran my old clunker today 1.5 hrs then the inverter went of beeped like mad so I don't know wether to get a new one before I get the new inv air con or wait and see what it does . But I'm thinking it might crap out at an inconveniant time .

Dibs

Was it overheat or low battery voltage? Might need a look at the fan flow direction and see if it needs to be turned around, they work much better is the pull the hot air out rather than try to push air through, if it was battery voltage did the BMV show a low voltage as well? Might need to check the cabling for hot joints or the cable itself getting hot. That is a big mutha of an inverter, if you plan to get rid of it I want first option

[Kappy]

Not sure if this is the place for this, anywho I turned on my HWS to 240 volt using my inverter to measure how it would go.

Went away for a while and on return checked voltage percentage and still at 100% when checking water temp discovered no power from house batteries.

Discovered system had tripped at circuit breaker, reset power and withing minutes circuit breaker tripped again.

Seems as though my U beaut HWS is giving me the irits again.

HWS works fine on mains 240v,

I sort of had an understanding that a 2000 watt inverter may run the HWS, thought I read it on another post.

Any clues more than welcome.

[dapope]

Not sure if this is the place for this, anywho I turned on my HWS to 240 volt using my inverter to measure how it would go.

Went away for a while and on return checked voltage percentage and still at 100% when checking water temp discovered no power from house batteries.

Discovered system had tripped at circuit breaker, reset power and withing minutes circuit breaker tripped again.

Seems as though my U beaut HWS is giving me the irits again.

HWS works fine on mains 240v,

I sort of had an understanding that a 2000 watt inverter may run the HWS, thought I read it on another post.

Any clues more than welcome.

My hws draws 2200w on the element. Was everything else shut off?

[Kappy]

Not sure if this is the place for this, anywho I turned on my HWS to 240 volt using my inverter to measure how it would go.

Went away for a while and on return checked voltage percentage and still at 100% when checking water temp discovered no power from house batteries.

Discovered system had tripped at circuit breaker, reset power and withing minutes circuit breaker tripped again.

Seems as though my U beaut HWS is giving me the irits again.

HWS works fine on mains 240v,

I sort of had an understanding that a 2000 watt inverter may run the HWS, thought I read it on another post.

Any clues more than welcome.

My hws draws 2200w on the element. Was everything else shut off?

The only other appliance that was on was the fridge, but that runs 24 volt.

My have to go with the Bosch conversion I was planning and just run instantaneous gas.

[Swisslulu]

Our hot water (Suburban, I think) runs happily off our 1800w Xantrex inverter.

[jon_d]

Kappy,

what does the specofications of the HWS say?

you're looking for the element amps. or element watts number.