You'd need ~500Voc in order to attempt that, which shouldn't be too hard. Maybe 12 panels in series. You would also have to monitor the battery extremely closely, as you would have a significant chance of overcharging. Li batteries just don't have the overcharge tolerance of SLA.camasleaf wrote:Solar panels are a current source, their output voltage will change based on the load resistance. The current depends on the light input. At least that what I was reading about when I installed my PV system last year. The Leaf battery could directly take my 5.7kW output all the way to 90% SOC, but the people in the Nissan cubicles made sure I will not try that.
How many miles do you drive? That is some serious conservation! You obviously have gas for space and water heating?dgpcolorado wrote:My 2170 watts of panels generated 103% of all the electricity I used to fuel my LEAF and power my house last year. Net metering is a lot simpler and safer than trying to fuss with regulating a DC charge to the car. Not that I could, since my LEAF doesn't have a DCFC port.
How much more output do you expect to achieve based on that extra tilt? I presume the extra spacing help keep the wind loads limited significantly?jimbo69ny wrote:Im pretty happy with my set up.