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Posted: 10/16/22 11:45am

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After installing solar panels (4x100) am i supposed to be able to plug in a small120v appliance an have it work?

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Posted: 10/16/22 11:53am

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No, you need batteries connected plus an inverter large enough to support appliance.

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Posted: 10/16/22 12:07pm

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Solar will charge the battery. Need inverter to convert battery power to 120vac.
Fairly common question actually.

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Posted: 10/16/22 02:43pm

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I have a 3000w converter installed. Should have said that. Also 2 lithium battle born batteries 100 amps ea.

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Posted: 10/16/22 03:13pm

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A converter changes 120 volts AC to 12-volts DC.
An inverter changes 12-volts DC to 120-volts AC.
I believe you have an inverter.
May need more batteries.

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Posted: 10/16/22 03:47pm

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enblethen wrote:

A converter changes 120 volts AC to 12-volts DC.
An inverter changes 12-volts DC to 120-volts AC.
I believe you have an inverter.
May need more batteries.

To expand the last sentence, appliances that heat (toaster, coffee maker, iron, hair dryer, etc) will need more power than other appliances like mixers, radios, etc.

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Posted: 10/16/22 05:58pm

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daily double wrote:

I have a 3000w converter installed. Should have said that. Also 2 lithium battle born batteries 100 amps ea.

Good to go. Although the solar and battery storage will not run that inverter at 2000+ watts for very long such as air conditioning. Small things like a tv will be fine and a few minutes on the microwave. Two batteries might be a bit small if pressing close to 3000 watts.

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Posted: 10/16/22 06:51pm

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Yes….with an inverter wired to the batteries

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Posted: 10/16/22 07:29pm

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What's the maximum current you can draw from those batteries? A 3,000 watt invverter will draw 30p amps at full load. Those batteries won't support that for even 20 mimutes I'd guess.