Well, after chatting with a guy at Dumont that was running solar, I have decided to dive in. I've been doing a lot of "light" reading on solar (everything here, the love your RV solar install, and his buddy's install, all the corresponding links, Jackdanmeyer.com that was linked here, and everything I could find on google.)
First what I have purchased:
The 400 Watt Kit from Renogy. Running 8 AWG between panels to Junction box, and then 4 AWG to controller. 40 AMP breakers on either side of the controller to my buss Bar, 2/0 cables to my 4 6-volt batteries (planning on ending with 6 if needed) 80 amp breaker to Inverter, 300 Amp Catastrophic fuse between battery bank and Bus bar.
My questions are for the battery Monitor, and Inverter Charger.
1. For the Monitor everything points to the Trimetric 2030, tied with their SC-2030. I have found a few newer articles of people going with the Victronic 712 monitor but haven't found nearly has many reviews on this monitor. I like that they have an MPPT charge Controller that connects to it. Does anyone have any first hand experience with the Victronic Monitor?
2. For the Inverter, I am looking at either the Renogy Inverter/charger or the AIMS unit, both Hardwired to a sub panel to run my basic outlets and lights only. No fridge or Micro at this point. I'm wondering if anyone has any other brands/options for Pure Sine wave inverter/charger. When I search for these, I end up looking at about a thousand different inverters but not inverter/chargers that hardwire with the transfer switch.
Hoping to get it as right as possible the first time, wife not so happy with the expenditures.
