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My Boat Has Solar Panels!

In preparation for The Great Loop, I've added 1400 watts of solar panels to my boat. Upstairs has three panels (600 watts) connected to a 60 amp MPPT charge controller which charges three 100 amp batteries. Downstairs also has three panels but one additional battery. So, the 'house' has 400 amp hours. Both of those solar systems have 1500 watt inverters (pure sine) that can take a momentary spike of 3000 watts. The inverters will turn the ample 12 volt electricity in the batteries into 110 volts if I need it. Together that's enough for a coffee maker. A fridge. Lights and chargers. Pretty much everything except the heat and air conditioning. Good thing I have a generator for that ;^) Up front there is one more 200 solar panel that uses a 20 amp charge controller to keep another 100 amp hour battery topped off. That runs some lights inside and the important anchor windlass. These are three separate systems so if one died, the others could keep going. I like that because there are multiple bilge pumps that are now independent of each other. I've heard of too many stories of boats almost sinking because of all the batteries dying at once. I now have nine batteries aboard. If anything, my boat might sink from all the weight I've added! Haha. Well, let's hope not. The next two years should be the perfect testing grounds for these new toys. Follow along and let's see together how it all holds up.