Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback 200 RE

[Allan Sindelar]

Tom, I may be mistaken, but if I understood you correctly you have missed something. The Radian is available only in 48v, so four 12V 200 Ah batteries is eight kilowatt-hours of storage to 80% maximum DoD. Yes, it's small (my off grid home has 26 kW) but one or two strings may be adequate, depending on the customer's application and needs. Allan Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Founder, Positive Energy, Inc. A Certified B CorporationTM 3209 Richards Lane Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell www.positiveenergysolar.com   On 1/19/2014 6:12 PM, Tom Duffy wrote: Hi Chris   For an off grid system a 200AH 12 volt battery is rather small without resorting to parallel strings.   Three strings is only 600AH which is still on the small side, so one might ask why the 8K inverter?   The OutBack cabinet is fine for a back-up grid-tied system, not really a full off grid house   Without starting a big discussion, I would stick to a single series string sized to the load for three days autonomy.   200AH is usually a rather small weekend cabin and 600AH would be a smaller medium sized house.   Kind regards   Tom Duffy Senior Solar Design Engineer E-Mail: t...@thesolar.biz Panama Office: 507-6126-1253 Direct Toll Free:888-503-6772 International: 575-539-2111 SKYPE Address: thesolarbiz Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.  Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message.     From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 6:16 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outback 200 RE   We don't do a lot of off-grid systems so I am short on experience with battery systems. I have a 8KW Radian system for which I am considering Rolls Surrette or Outback 200RE AGM batteries. I know people like the Surrettes, what is the experience with the outback battery system?    -- Chris Mason   _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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