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[Todd Cory, Bald Mt. Solar]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to have equipment that would not penalize you with 21% of
inefficiency to have the advantage of grid back up in case of an outage? I cannot believe that the
best of both worlds can not be provided.

I guess it is not "economically viable", which is what I've heard about PV power for years now...
sigh.

TC


"Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" wrote:

> I don't see how the size of the battery bank matters.  A battery less system
> allows the array to run at max power voltage.  To me this means that you
> actually 1000 watts out of your 1000 watt array.  For example 12 Astro Power
> 120's would be 1440 watts in a battery less systems while in a battery
> system they would be more like 1130 watts (21.3 Amps x 53 volts) depending
> on the battery voltage at the time.  I can see that the larger the battery
> bank the more of a maintenance charge they would take but this could only be
> minimal.
>
> Travis Creswell
> Ozark Solar

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Todd Cory
KE6SXS
toddcory at jps.net
Bald Mountain Solar
P.O. Box 689
Mt. Shasta, Ca. 96067
(530) 926-1079


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