AC Solar Panel

[jr]

I was just at the Gunadah AgQuip show and had a sales person trying to sell me an AC Solar system.
It took some questioning to find out what an AC Solar Panel is but I really walked away still unsure what they were talking about but one word stuck in my mind, micro-inverter.
Google search found that an AC Solar system has its own inverter so each panel outputs at 240V.
Not much use on a van but on a house made a lot of sense as panels are usually wired in series and if one is shaded or fails the rest may drop to half there output. With every panel outputting 240V the output on all other panels stay at their max.

A bit of useless info for those interested.

JR

[GerryP]

Also means much smaller cabling. But you're right, not suited for caravans.

Curious as to how they would store energy for dull days or over night... convert to DC, store in batteries, then back to 240v AC?

[loub]

Hi JR We have a 20 panel set up with micro inverters on each one.Works well so far,they have a blue tooth link so you can check on there output and if all are working,plus reports for day,months,and year production

[jr]

Another term is AC batteries. Now we know batteries are DC so that means we would need a 240V battery charger to charge batteries from AC Solar Panels and then an inverter to feed back into the system. Gets a bit complicated I would think.

JR