what Components are needed

[Anonymous]

Hello

I have 15 acres in Summit NY. I am at the top of a “Mountain” about 2400ft elevation. We would like to go off the grid as it will cost about 17-20k to bring in the power. I am going to go with wind/solar and a propane generator.

What are the components of the system. So far I know I will need the turbine, and pv panels, inverter and charger, batteries. how are they tied together and am I leaving anything out.

Does an off-grid house have to run off the batteries or if I have some good wind can the house run strictly off the turbine and solar so as to save the batteries.

Thank You

Al McCall

[Nick Rosen]

Theoretically, if the wind never ceases to blow

(at the right speed)

or the propane generator is always on, you wont need batteries.

But is that really what you expect ?

If not, calculate a cost of 1/3rd of the total AT LEAST

for good batteries, and good batteries means

the sort that hospitals and official institutions use

for emergencies, heavy-duty lead-acid stuff.

Cheers,

Michael

[Greener]

Solar/Wind – Generates Power

Batteries – Store Power

Charge Controller – regulates charging of batteries

Inverter – Inverts DC to AC power and converts AC to DC power

you need batteries. agree with michael – do not cheap out on batteries.

The one component you are missing is a quality generator with auto start feature. This is needed for desulfation of batteries (also known as equalization).

Cheers –

Tom

[Author]

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