Solar Project

Finally, gotten it up and running today.

BOM

  1. 1. 100W Solar Panel (100w太阳能电池板家用发电机系统18v发电板12v蓄电池充电光伏组件) Y299 ~$70
  2. 70AH Car Battery -$145
  3. Charge Regulator (太阳能控制器12v/24V10A 带USB 5V手机充电口 液晶显示LCD屏) Y45 ~12
  4. LED Strip -$45
  5. Motion Sensor (DC12V三线制人体红外线感应开关拓安达造 衣柜 衣帽间 LED灯可调) 3xY23.5 ~$18
  6. 2 core wire – $16

Shipping cost for those from overseas amount to around $50.

Total cost for project is $356, big chunk of it is Battery and LED Strip.
If the charging really work

I’ve about 2 hours of direct sunlight on the Solar Panel at this time of the year.
A good iPhone App, EPiSunTools, helps show how much Sunlight I’m going to get for me installation.
I got worst coverage at this time of the year, so if this setup works now, it’ll work for the rest of the year.

The 100W unicell Solar Panel is value for money, about $100 inclusive of shipment. Complete with ??4 connectors which are IP65 certified.
Panel is rated ????
During morning sun (8+am) I’m getting 2.2A Isc 20V Vsc with direct sunlight.
Without direct sunlight, I’m seeign 0.3A Isc 19.2V Vsc, not sure is this normal.

https://github.com/njsharkracer/infinitysolarjar

On connection to the battery through the Charge Regulator, I measure 13.5V across both the SolarPanel Battery, which is the floating voltage. Will need to monitor how the whole system runs over the week.

[su_table]
Date Panel(V) Battery(V) Load(V)
11 Jan 13.5 13.5 no load
12 Jan 12.5 12.5 12.5
13 Jan (8pm) 0 12.38 12.34
14 Jan (4pm) 16.5 13.7 13.7
15 Jan 0 0 0
16 Jan 0 0 0
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