February 2, 20233 yr Good morning, I have a Dynex (Ceil) 1450va 24v inverter running off a pair of Royal lead acid batteries. With no end in sight for load shedding, i want to add a solar panel to the mix to run my laptop and wifi 'off grid' during the daytime load shedding to prolong the life of the batteries. The batteries are about 6 months old, the load uses less than 20% battery for 2 hours but lately the power takes longer to come on and i dont want to run the batteries lower than 80% so they last. My plan is to get a single 550w panel (this is more than sufficient, 2-3 times what i use), i can get the below through my wifes company for pretty cheap: Longi Solar 550W Hi-Mo Panel, half cell, 144 cells (6 x 24) – Rubicon Partner Portal (rubiconsa.com) and then run a solar charger like this: Solar Charge Controller 30A | Buy Online in South Africa | takealot.com Is this doable? or am i making it seem alot easier said than done. My thinking is charge/use power via panel and unplug from eskom power.
February 2, 20233 yr Author Oh yes and will i need to unplug from eskom or can i leave it plugged in, will the solar take priority over eskom during the day automatically?
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