I run my fridge and chest freezer 24/7 with the e2000 and 2 expandable batterys. That is a 8kw system thats running for a year and a half now. The e3600 will be my next investment. Like you said the great thing about these pecrons is the number of charge controllers you get plus they have good voltage limits as well. You will never need to use your generator with this. If you do it would take a lot of extended bad days of solar.
A word of advice. Have at least some solar capacity, and test it now. I learned the hard way that I didn’t have everything I needed to properly charge my batteries.
I have two of them set up for 240VAC for my house. Main reason I did this was to not have cords running though my house. I also don't have solar yet so I recharge them with a 57VDC chargverter and my generator when I need to. I have to do this because Pecron shut off the both the 15amp and 30amp AC inputs while in 240VAC mode. That's the only thing I don't like about the E3600LFPs.
Pecron does this because people will try to use it as a UPS but these are NOT "Grid Interactive" inverters, meaning the inverter inside these units can't detect what the grid phasing is and then "tune" to be synchronized to that signal.
You said, "15 kilowatts", it's actually 15 kilowatt HOURS. Big difference. Batteries are rated in energy content which is power times time. Kilowatts are actually per second of power but that's not energy content, it's just instantaneous power. I'm sure you know the difference but I just wanted to point that out.
I would put the refrigerator on a timer ⏲️. CDC stated food is safe in the refrigerator up to 4 hours after that it should be discarded. It would greatly decrease your power consumption.
I have thought about that, but in this application it isn't as efficient. If I was using only a generator, that would make sense. However, since the Pecron power station functions like the grid would, it is more efficient to maintain the recommended setpoints, vs allowing them to warm and re-cool. It takes more energy to change temperature than it does to maintain. I learned that lesson with my HVAC system.
I run my fridge and chest freezer 24/7 with the e2000 and 2 expandable batterys. That is a 8kw system thats running for a year and a half now. The e3600 will be my next investment. Like you said the great thing about these pecrons is the number of charge controllers you get plus they have good voltage limits as well. You will never need to use your generator with this. If you do it would take a lot of extended bad days of solar.
A word of advice. Have at least some solar capacity, and test it now. I learned the hard way that I didn’t have everything I needed to properly charge my batteries.
That's the goal once I close on my new homestead!
I have two of them set up for 240VAC for my house. Main reason I did this was to not have cords running though my house. I also don't have solar yet so I recharge them with a 57VDC chargverter and my generator when I need to. I have to do this because Pecron shut off the both the 15amp and 30amp AC inputs while in 240VAC mode. That's the only thing I don't like about the E3600LFPs.
Pecron does this because people will try to use it as a UPS but these are NOT "Grid Interactive" inverters, meaning the inverter inside these units can't detect what the grid phasing is and then "tune" to be synchronized to that signal.
@@offgridgarageUSA That makes sense, never though of it that way.
You said, "15 kilowatts", it's actually 15 kilowatt HOURS. Big difference. Batteries are rated in energy content which is power times time. Kilowatts are actually per second of power but that's not energy content, it's just instantaneous power. I'm sure you know the difference but I just wanted to point that out.
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I would put the refrigerator on a timer ⏲️. CDC stated food is safe in the refrigerator up to 4 hours after that it should be discarded. It would greatly decrease your power consumption.
I have thought about that, but in this application it isn't as efficient. If I was using only a generator, that would make sense. However, since the Pecron power station functions like the grid would, it is more efficient to maintain the recommended setpoints, vs allowing them to warm and re-cool. It takes more energy to change temperature than it does to maintain. I learned that lesson with my HVAC system.
@ Fair enough.