Thomas Keenan, could you please provide more information on your solar setup? 1. What and how many solar panels 2. What kind and how many batteries
We have 1. 24 265 W BenQ (Checz Republic) panels 2. Two SMA Sunny Boy (grid-tied) inverters 3. Tigo Optimizers Each spring and fall we have a month or two where we have generated enough electricity that we only have to pay a very small amount. Even with our current number of panels our electricity bill in January and February is over $100/ month. We are adding 1. 24 300 W Peimar (Italian) panels 2. Two SMA Sunny Boy inverters that can handle greater output from the panels than the SB inverters that we already have) 3. TWO SMA Sunny Island inverters that are grid-free capable and will charge batteries. 4. Batteries - we have not yet purchased. We prefer Li-ion, but they sure are expensive. Lead Acid batteries are less expensive, but deep discharging damages them more and they don't have a long life. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you Bob Keeland Louisiana On Thu, May 28, 2020, 7:48 PM Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: > > Without energy storage, you actually need *more* energy infrastructure. > > Yes... But they already *have* the infrastructure. The utilities want to > keep getting money for it. Never mind that it was paid off decades ago. > Sort of like wanting to keep driving your old car because the loan is > all paid off. > > The old monopolies are having a hard time dealing with new technologies > that break out of the old limits (PV and wind replacing grid power, > cellphones replacing wired phones, internet streaming replacing cable > TV, etc.) > > Lee Hart > > -- > When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can let it > define you; let it destroy you; or you can let it strengthen you. > -- Theodor Seuss Geisel > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200528/5a4f5536/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
