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To: gg cox who wrote (15184)	6/17/2024 12:00:45 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 17743

My other home up in the San Juan Islands right next to the Canadian border (just one mile away) built in 1991 was always off grid since there was no submarine cable to the island. All folks on Stuart Island have to generate their own power. The house originally used 16 MS-60 solar panels, a PWM charge controller charging a bank of 47 reconditioned pocket plate NiCads and a Trace 2 kW 24 vdc to 120 vac modified sine wave inverter. I bought the house from the original owner in 1999 and immediately decided to go pure sine wave with Outback Power's new state of the art 2 kW 24 vdc inverter and a MX-60 MPPT charge controller. Very efficient and very clean AC power with a 5 Kw surge rating! Today's equipment is much better and efficient but wanted to go 48 vdc to allow for much lower IsquardR losses allowing for much small dia copper wiring! So the old, original system is going bye bye with a much higher capacity, more PV's, reconfigured wiring vastly more reliable no maintenance modern system. You can't beat LPF storage when it comes to lifecycle costs with the added benefit of not having to add water to cells anymore! The old Outback system is heading back down to the Seattle area and being donated to a good friend of mine who has a 24 vdc PV array.