John Hilley
Well-known member
Finally finished the solar install. Started with mounting the panels in November 2011 and the controller panel in January 2012. Three Kyocera 135 watt panels, combiner box on roof, 10 gauge cable between panels and combiner, 2 gauge cable through refrigerator vent to basement compartment behind door. Morningstar 45 amp PWM solar charge controller with remote panel, Samlex 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter with remote panel and 30 amp transfer switch. Trimetric 2020 and Tristar remote panel mounted on panel installed at end of kitchen cabinet next to load center where rechargeable vacuum was. Also added the Trik-L-Start to the panel to monitor from inside. Used 2/0 to connect the inverter to battery bank with cable restraints into battery bank box.