LouiseSJPP
DIY
My little house in Spain sits in the forest and has a little wire from the electricity supplier, 20 amps max. It's a fragile link, caught up in trees which fall down regularly.
I'm planning to renovate this house with lots of PV on the roof, and make it is independent as I can of the grid supply. Whether I can harvest enough power in winter is unknown, I have my suspicions.
Because I'm planning EV charging and several air con units, I need an internal supply of 60a or maybe higher. While I do need to upgrade the incoming, I want to minimise the power rating. Standing charges increase with power and the nearest pole transformer is half a kilometer away, so cabling costs are going to be significant.
Is it possible to have some circuits for the high power consumers which will only work from the battery banks and never try to draw from the grid? So that f the battery has insufficient charge, the demand will be switched off and the car won't be charged or the air con won't run. Can the rest of the house supply switch from battery to grid in times of need, designed within, say, a 40a supply.
If so, what's the kit needed to do it called, and are there any guides to system design? A grid-reconnect invertor is essential, too.
I'm planning to renovate this house with lots of PV on the roof, and make it is independent as I can of the grid supply. Whether I can harvest enough power in winter is unknown, I have my suspicions.
Because I'm planning EV charging and several air con units, I need an internal supply of 60a or maybe higher. While I do need to upgrade the incoming, I want to minimise the power rating. Standing charges increase with power and the nearest pole transformer is half a kilometer away, so cabling costs are going to be significant.
Is it possible to have some circuits for the high power consumers which will only work from the battery banks and never try to draw from the grid? So that f the battery has insufficient charge, the demand will be switched off and the car won't be charged or the air con won't run. Can the rest of the house supply switch from battery to grid in times of need, designed within, say, a 40a supply.
If so, what's the kit needed to do it called, and are there any guides to system design? A grid-reconnect invertor is essential, too.