Sunforce Solar Power Products
How Solar and Wind Power Work
A Basic Guide to Off-Grid Solar and Wind Power
Important Solar and Wind Information:
How Solar Works Under 15 Watts
How Solar Works Over 15 Watts
How Wind Works
Sunforce 600 Watt Wind Turbine
Sunforce 400 Watt Wind Turbine
Off Grid solar systems charge a battery or a battery bank!
Battery Recommendations:
- The solar panels charge rechargeable 12 Volt batteries. Deep cycle batteries are best, as opposed to starting (automotive) batteries.
- Additional batteries may be placed in the system to increase the storage space for energy produced; enabling the user to power more appliances for longer.
What STORAGE CAPACITY do I need?
This depends on the max load required. Load can be determined using the consumption of your appliances and/or electronics, and multiplying them by the hours of usage per day required. To be safe – it is always good to double your load when calculating the size of your solar system.
Is your solar array large enough to provide this load?
*100 Amp Hour Reserve is a safe bet if you have no other information
The standard battery used for storing off-grid electricity is a lead-acid, AGM type, or deep
cycle marine battery. We recommend the use of deep cycle (marine or RV) batteries as
they will give you several hundred complete charge/discharge cycles. If you use the
normal vehicle starting batteries they will wear out after about a dozen charge/discharge
cycles.
For proper charging of the batteries multiple batteries should be wired as shown. This will ensure
that the batteries are charged as equally as possible.
12 Volt Battery Bank: 6 Volt Battery Bank:
