I have a very small mini home that's off grid currently ran by a 3200watt inverted generator.
I want to start with a small battery storage and it'll still be mainly ran off the generator but once the system is setup very quickly transition to solar with the generator as a backup only.
Where I'm stuck is Im new and need the equipment.
I want it to be outside in an external enclosure but close to the mini home, it'll just be plugged into the L14-30 (I can get that part done)
Victron has caught my eye with their charger/inverters. It allows me to remain at 12v with my storage with their 3k or 5k system. Do I need a Mppt charge controller with these? It seems like they already handle solar charge controll being a charger/inverter??
3k should be enough for me I think but I'll probably go 5k.
What about the Fronius systems those also look like they'd suit my needs? I just learned about the Fronius ones today but I'm unsure if those would work with 12v.
The place is like 15x15ft and very minimal not even a furnace, all 120v and really my only constant is my fridge at 600kwh (I plan to get a much more efficient one)
The water pump and hot water tank are on their own breakers and thats it. 5 led lights.
Don't need 16 batteries in series parallel and 48v system nothing crazy.
I want to start with a small battery storage and it'll still be mainly ran off the generator but once the system is setup very quickly transition to solar with the generator as a backup only.
Where I'm stuck is Im new and need the equipment.
I want it to be outside in an external enclosure but close to the mini home, it'll just be plugged into the L14-30 (I can get that part done)
Victron has caught my eye with their charger/inverters. It allows me to remain at 12v with my storage with their 3k or 5k system. Do I need a Mppt charge controller with these? It seems like they already handle solar charge controll being a charger/inverter??
3k should be enough for me I think but I'll probably go 5k.
What about the Fronius systems those also look like they'd suit my needs? I just learned about the Fronius ones today but I'm unsure if those would work with 12v.
The place is like 15x15ft and very minimal not even a furnace, all 120v and really my only constant is my fridge at 600kwh (I plan to get a much more efficient one)
The water pump and hot water tank are on their own breakers and thats it. 5 led lights.
Don't need 16 batteries in series parallel and 48v system nothing crazy.
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