Solar Lighting At My Mother's House
Solar Lighting Setup at Morning View Subdivision, Silang, Cavite, Philippines The System: Lights: 15 watt LED - dining 15w led - sala 5w led - bath 5w led - front door 9w led - room1 9w led - room2 9w led - room3 5w led - stairs 11w cfl - back door if i turn on all the lights the DC ammeter reads about 10amperes from the battery to the inverter. 150w inverter (replaced original small unreliable noisy fan with bigger more reliable fan and ran it slower [quieter] at 8v regulated [screwed the 7808 1.5a regulator to the inverter casing]) 20a charge controller 70ah car battery 130w solar panels (5x20w, 1x30w) 220w solar panels added later (2x60w, 2x50w) (too much already, useful only on cloudy days. planning to slow-cook with solar rice cooker later, or run washing machine or refrigerator during day.) 15m of 4awg aluminum from solar combiner box to indoor patch panel. 10a 220v DPDT relay for auto-transfer (when battery runs low, automatically switch lights to grid