Solar kit for boat

And then they claim Lead is weak..buy expensive li-ion instead. Spoofers!

I ran some brief inverter tests today.

Here we have a 350VA Blue box.
With a soldered ATO fuse on the motherboard.
Victron did I not pay you enough for a fuse socket to make this serviceable item serviceable?
Victron if you're gonna cheap out like a pro omit the fuse and let the installer fit a serviceable one externally!





Here's a fanless externally fused MorningStar 300VA that can be programmed and metered.



Hey MorningStar why dont you advertise more and give away products?



I haven't load tested the Victron, the Suresine will run a 700w angle grinder if you don't lean on it.

unkel

Didn't know about their SureSine inverters. If you come across a good deal steal on one on eBay that you're not buying, will you send us a PM?

And / or a ProStar for that matter. This one seems a good deal and a monitor (M) version too, but the shipping and import charges adding all up to near EUR90 are putting me off

Linky


Schlicktron, haha

Used 50hz 230V 'Murican made solid state inverters are rarer than hen's teeth Unkel I bought the only one that's appeared in 4 years.


Offer £45 on this
..I bought the sister for £55.

unkel

Sir Liamalot wrote: »

Offer £45 on this

He's looking for GBP145

He's hardly going to accept GBP45 though is he?

Edit - I wasn't paying attention. I saw yours is from the same seller. Let's see if I'll get this one at GBP55 too then, eh?

unkel

No response from seller to my offer. And now the item has been withdrawn. I guess someone else made a higher offer so.

They go for £60 to £90 once every 4 months. November is the best time to bag them.
I'll PM any others I see. I'm at full completment right now. 1 Spare, 3 in service...
Err anna Tristar MPPT, and two TriStar PWMs, and an EcoPulse PWM, and a ProStar MPPT, and a Prostar 12m.
All used bargains, all working & knocking the socks off all the wannabes.

My batteries live forever. :pac:

daveville30

Hows things got a 60w panel in the end well two 30w if I put them in series should be enough to charge two 12v batterys?here's pics I've 3 charge controllers which one would be best

unkel

Thanks for getting back to us, cheap & easy solution Out of interest, where did you get the parts (panels, controller, batteries) and what did you pay for them?


Should be fine to keep your batteries topped up when you are away, but won't do much towards actively using the batteries when you're on the boat for stuff more heavy duty than the likes of lights.

daveville30

70 sterling for the kit of e bay charge controllers where bought of e bay aswell.which charge controller would be best?

unkel

GBP70 plus shipping for the two panels? Plus GBP25 plus shipping for the charge controller? Not too bad, but I could have sold you similar for a bit cheaper. With no shipping costs and no waiting time

That charge controller is more than capable for your setup, it can handle 2-4 full size panels

daveville30

Yea so about 100 sterling. The open circuit voltage is 21v and I have 2 panels so would I need a charge controller that does 42 v mine says max solar input 41v.

daveville30

Here's a pic

daveville30

Wheres all the solar heads all day?