Our Solar Electrical Generating System
The solar generating system for our home consists of
22 Sanyo HIP200-BA3 200 watt photovolatiac modules,
2 Outback Power Systems GVFX-3648 inverters,
2 Outback Power Systems MX-60 charge controllers, and
8 Concorde PVX-2240T backup batteries. The roof mounted panels consist of two arrays. One 1.6 kw array faces south and the other 2.8 kw array faces west providing a total of 4.4 kw capacity. The batteries can power our emergency circuits for several hours insuring uninterrupted power to our lighting, computers, and refrigerators. For more details of the various components click
here.
The system has been in operation since November 19, 2007. We received the standard, $4 a watt rebate for the installation from the State of Florida under their solar incentive program. This amounted to a check for $17,600. Operational statistics are shown below including near realtime charts and data. More detailed information can be found by exploring the menu on the left.
Conservation
We have recently installed a TED,
The Energy Detective, monitor in our home. We have also started measuring the consumption of various appliances in our home. Our plan is to identify and then replace over time the worst consumers in the house. We will be reporting on our progress in this area as we gather data and make changes.
Created on 06/19/2008 02:06 PM by admin
Updated on 06/09/2009 06:03 AM by rbrown3rd
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