Now you can purchase a cost effective 18 kW power system with 20.25 kW in Solar Panels solar power system for your on-grid or off-grid Farm, Resort, Large Home or Business. That comes out to $4.55/watt for this package. This package consists of 1) a used set of 64 (2/2005 or later manufacture date) C&D Sealed AGM 6-620 6 volt batteries (read section on how each battery tested to assure quality product) This package includes 3 sets of 7' long 4/0 battery cables. This is a 1360 ah 48 volt package, that is an extremely large power pack. The package is approximately rated at 1360 ah at an 8 hr rate. 2) 20.25 watts from 90 new REC 220 watt Solar panels. This package includes the 60 MC4 cables to connect each solar panel array to its combiner box 3) 3 new Xantrex XW6048 6.0 kw 120/240vac 48vdc pure sine wave inverters with built-in 100 amp battery charger and 60 amp transfer switch on each inverter plus the Xantrex XW distribution center to handle all your wiring and connections (this package includes the precut and labeled wires for installing each inverter. This package includes 2 additional inverter wiring kits and 6 mppt distribution panel wiring kits plus circuit breakers for the 6 solar panel feeds. 4) 6 new Xantrex XW-MPPT60 60 Amp MPPT charge controllers 5) 10 9 panel Pole mount system for solar panels plus combiner boxes for each array 6)Xantrex remote system monitor, Xantrex automatic generator start module and Pentametric Battery System Monitor display and input units and 3 shunts, 7) SEI's Photovoltaics Design & Installation Manual, my store solar catalog that includes thousands of items of solar equipment, plus worksheets to properly determine how much power you need from solar, wind, or hydro. That is all that is being sold in this auction, this unit is sized for an off-grid or grid tied farm, business, or luxury home. This system is sized and designed to power a full-time Resort, large home or business, it has the advantage of still supplying power to the facility when the grid is down, like a uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the whole building. If you are looking for a part-time home package, I have other auctions for that need. The pole mount system can be substituted with a rectangular roof mount system. Before installing on roof you need to check codes and roof load capability of the house You will need to supply wiring from your circuit breaker box to the xantrex distribution center and all wiring from the solar panel combiner box to the distribution panel, and battery interconnects for the battery bank. Get complete details of each item in following description sections. With this set you should be able to run a well equipped full-time solar Resort or Ranch, the grid or a generator would be used for backup power. This system will run lights, compressors, welders, medical equipment, fans, microwave, computers, LCD TVs, deep well water pump, compressors, normal solar home appliances, etc. In a normal solar home all heating and cooking would be with wood or propane, a refrigerator would be at least a new energy star or super high efficiency (see my catalog) or would run on propane. During extended periods of cloudy weather you should expect the unit to switch to power from the grid or need to turn the generator on unless you are very frugal with your electric usage. For a longer runtime with large power draw equipment or in high overcast area an additional set of solar panels would be the first addition I would make.
Here is the line by line listing of all items in the package:
Item Description Quantity
175 ah 2005 6v
64
REC 220 Panels
90
Xantrex XW6048
3
Xantrex XW distribution Panel
1
Additional XW wiring
2
Xantrex XW MPPT60
6
Xantrex XW mppt add
6
Pentametric meter
1
shunt
3
9 Panel Pole Mount System
10
XW System Controller
1
XW Generator AutoStart
1
Combiner Box
6
Combiner breakers 15a
30
Multicontact 10 awg 15' cbl
60
DC 80 amp circuit breaker
6
Battery Cables 7'
6
Photovoltaic Design & Installation Manual
1
Solar Power Estimator:
To get a good estimate of the output potential of this system, I suggest you go to a Department of Energy site "in my backyard" a solar output and wind output estimator
http://www.nrel.gov/eis/imby/
This program uses the PVWATTS government program that estimates actual power output from your location based on historical weather and solar output information and should provide a very good guesstimate of actual power output. To use this program click on IMBY and type in your address and click find. Then chose solar and and click DRAW and double click on your installation area to allow you to go to the next step (if you want to do more with the draw option, read the instructions in the help section of that page). Then go down to step 2 and type 20.25 in the Size box. If your mounting location (Roof, Ground, or Pole mount) points true south and is sloped the same as the tilt angle you are done. If not you need to enter the proper numbers for your mounting location. When you click RUN it will show your estimated solar power output along with monthly and annual return estimates.
In the payback section the return estimates are based on fully installed cost from a relatively high priced installer. The system they use by default is for a pure grid tie system that is fully loaded with panels. You are purchasing a hybrid grid tie system that is fully loaded. Regardless, for the base system put in $5.00/watt (including allowance for incidental items) for cost per watt for this system as shown since that should be your installed cost on a ground or pole mount system. The package will provide an estimate of tax credits, power company credits, and payback plus your monthly power production. You can adjust most everything in the program so feel free to experiment! Again no guarantees on actual rebates received or power output, but this is the best first pass system I have found.
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Dealer/Installer Packages:
I also supply small to medium sized dealers/installers around the country. I offer very competitive pricing for packages. As a dealer, your prices go down as you purchase more systems from me. I ship from warehouses in CO, CA, NM, NH, so no matter where you are in the country I can get systems to you for a very reasonable price. Your initial purchase would be at this same ebay price, you prices would drop as you purchased additional system according to a formula.
Battery Pack:
These batteries were in Denver and were online for just over 3 years. Denver has very stable power so the cells were hardly cycled, it shows in their test results. All the batteries test excellent with the Midtronics tester (see explanation below) and that is confirmed by their voltage and load meter tests. A random sampling of these batteries tested from 90-105% of the reference value, truly excellent condition. Note that each battery is tested with that unit prior to shipment. These are the type of batteries that I installed in my own off-the-grid home. As you can see from the photos, the batteries easy to connect with the mounting lug on the top of each battery. The solar items and the batteries will be shipped separately due to freight pricing considerations. Note that I reserve the right to substitute with the same technology and date batteries since my stock of used and tested batteries is continually sold and replaced. Regardless with any substitutions, it will only occur if I am out of the described batteries and the replacement batteries will provide at least the same total AH (amp-hrs) and at least as new of a date code as this package..
This battery back consists of a premium 10 year design life set of sealed AGM batteries made by C&D Technologies, they deliver 175 AH each (8 hr rate to 1.75v)(199 AH at 20 hr rate). This bank can produce 1360AH at 48 volts, the voltage required for the inverters. THIS IS A POWERFUL BATTERY BANK THAT WAS ONLINE FOR about 1/3 OF ITS DESIGN LIFE. This is a large sized bank that can supply the needs of a resort, warehouse, office or farm during a long power outage if grid tied or for several cloudy days if a standalone system (depends on actual draw). These batteries meet the non-hazardous shipping classification of non-spillable. Each battery is 6 volts, produces 620 watts/cell (each battery has 3 2-volt cell) and weighs 72 lb each and you are getting 64 of these batteries. These batteries sell new from discounters for $395 each, so you are getting a total value of over $25,000 for the batteries alone. These batteries were tested and all had carried at least 6.40 up to 6.50 volts. They are all were also tested with a Midtronics Celltron Ultra (www.midtronics.com) industrial battery tester (approved IEEE testing method) and all tested in excellent condition.
These batteries can be wired in series and parallel to deliver 48 volt power that your inverter requires. That flexibility makes them perfect for these Solar Inverters. These batteries can be connected together using inexpensive copper water pipe that has been cut to the proper length and drilled at proper terminal spacing and has two additional holes for connecting the inverter terminals, that is a cost effective way of making buss bars to interconnect the batteries
Here you can download the technical specifications that apply to this battery
http://www.cdstandbypower.com/product/battery/vrla/pdf/12_1029.pdf
Go to this link to get information about AGM deep cycle vs flooded batteries
http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/assets/base/0139.pdf
Solar Panels:
REC is a Norwegian manufacturer of premium quality solar panels. The solar panels are made in Norway and Sweden using US produced Silicon cells. Their glass surface is designed not to reflect low angle light but to send it to the solar cells to make power. They supply an excellent warranty on these solar cells: 10 years 90% of rated power, 25 years 80% of rated power, 63 month product materials and manufacturing warranty.
This package consists of 90 of their REC210 AE-US 220 watt solar panels. Specification are as follows:
Nominal power output: 220 W
Short Circuit Current (A): 8.4 amps DC
Open Circuit Voltage (V): 36.4 VDC
Max Power Voltage: 28.4 Volts DC
Max Power Current: 7.8 Amps
Size: 65.55" x 39.02" x 1.69" with Aluminum frame and backing
Weight: 48.5 lbs
Get complete information on these panels at http://www.recgroup.com/en/products/modules/aeseries-us/
These panels will be wired as 3 panels in series with 5 parallel strings going to each charge controller. I have included 6 combiner boxes with circuit breakers to make connecting the individual arrays to the distribution panel solar panel circuit breakers.
Inverter:
Xantrex (previously Trace) is a long term player in the solar/wind inverter marketplace. They produce high quality products with an excellent reputation for long life. This package is designed to meet the power requirements of a grid-tie farm, business, resort, or luxury home. It also works equally as well on off-grid uses. To produce up to 18 kW in output power we are supplying 3 Xantrex XW6048 inverters that takes the 48 Volt DC from the batteries and solar panels and converts it to 120 VAC and 240 VAC, suppling both voltages at the same time. We will connect 3 inverters to the distribution panel center that is part of this auction. Each inverter has a built-in 60 amp transfer switch and a 85 amp adjustable battery charger. In Grid-tie mode this unit will provide all the power to the house it can and any extra power will be delivered back to the grid (turns the meter backward, in effect). Unlike other grid-tie inverters, this unit will provide power to the house when the utility grid is down. You can also use this unit as a power supply for a standalone Resort or business without any grid connection, but more batteries would be required. With the transfer switch you can hook a generator to the transfer master and when you start the generator the inverter automatically switches to the generator for power rather than the batteries. With the generator turned on the inverter begins charging the batteries. You can then run the generator for several hours to give you additional days of battery power running time in winter cloudy days. This package includes the Xantrex XW System Monitor and the Xantrex XW Automatic Generator Start Module.
This system was designed to meet the needs of almost any grid tied or off grid system. If grid tied, the batteries remain fully charged from the solar panels when the grid is up and operating and any excess solar power is delivered back to the grid via the net metering. If the grid goes down the system still supplies power to all the equipment connected to the secondary power distribution panel from the batteries. If the power outage is extended, the automatic generator start module starts a backup generator when the battery voltage drops below your selected battery voltage (typically 50% DOD). When the grid comes back on the system goes back to grid tie mode delivering excess solar power back to the property and net meter.
Inverters come in two common technologies, Pure Sine Wave and Modified Sine Wave. Pure sine wave is required if you are doing a grid-tie system, but modified sine wave works for almost all electronics. This package uses a pure sine wave inverter that is just like the grid provides, only cleaner.
Quantity 3 Inverters
6.0 KW Specifications:
Output Power Capacity: 6000 Watts
Starting 10 Sec. Surge Power: 12000 Watts
Nominal Output Voltage: 120 and 240 VAC
Efficiency at full Load: 93%
Waveform: True Sine Wave
Short Circuit and Overload protection
Size: height=23" width=16" depth=9"
Weight=150 lbs
Warranty 5 year (10 year optional warranty costs $480/inverter if purchase with the package)
Also included as a part of this package is the Xantrex XW distribution center. This is a prewired electrical box that provides the wire, breakers, and connections for the XW inverter and the XW charge controller. We are supplying the factory additional kits for wiring the inverters and charge controllers in the distribution panel. Everything is prelabeled for easy connection. This will help make this a homeowner installable system, just need a knowledgeable party or electrician to look over your shoulder. The Photovoltaics manual will be a great help in understanding the system you are installing. The 3 inverters are programmed to work as 1 master inverter and 2 slave inverters. That means that all 3 inverters are in sync and they produce a true 18 kW of continuous output when required.
See the complete specifications on these inverters here: http://www.xantrex.com/xw/00_prod-page_overview_intr.html
Charge Controller and other items:
This package includes 6 Xantrex XW-MPPT60 (maximum power point tracking) charge controllers rated 60 amps at output voltage. This charge controller works for 48 volt battery banks. The units has an LCD display that shows amp and volts for the system, has a battery temperature sensor and uses MPPT charge control technology. The unit has been setup to run with this system, so just wire it in. This unit has a network connection to the inverters so the systems talk to each other to insure proper operation
Get more information about the capabilities of this unit at http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/252/p/1/pt/25/product.asp
This package also includes the Bogart Engineering PentaMetric Battery Monitoring system with three shunts. You can monitor the power from you solar panels before the charge controller and the battery output to the inverter. This meter displays your battery voltage, your charge and discharge rate and you total AH (cumulative AH) used since the last full charge. This is a very handy meter because it instantly allows you to accurately determine how deeply discharged are the batteries. That way you can make sure your control your depth of discharge to the level you determine fits your needs (for off-grid systems to get a very long life I recommend 20% DOD, for grid tied system emergency power I recommend 50-80% DOD). It also has an optional computer interface to historical tracking. Read the website info, you will not believe all it does!
The factory website link is here: http://www.bogartengineering.com/pentametric.htm
Pole Mount System:
This package includes a DPW top of pole mounting system for the solar panels. This mounting system is ideal for rural area where they can be mounted facing directly south. With the pole mount system you can mount them high enough to allow animals to graze under the solar panels. This package consists of 10 individual pole mount packages, each package will mount 9 REC 220 solar panels. The support pole required for each unit is an 8" schedule 40 steel pipe. If mounting the system very high off the ground, 8" schedule 80 steel pipe may be a better choice.
This package is designed for a 90 mph designed wind load in a zone C area. If you need a higher wind zone design a 130 mph zone C wind load design is available for an additional $3000. Be sure to check with local building codes to determine their wind load design requirements.
Solar System: This package is a great for solar powered (solar, wind, hydro) a full-time home or cabin. The batteries are premium quality designs that will provide a long life when used properly. The batteries are very long life batteries (10 year design-life) and designed for power supply usage such as remote homes, computer centers or grid tie solar systems. If your power requirements have large peak loads, then it may be appropriate to purchase additional sets of batteries so the battery pack is not deeply discharged, especially with extended stays. Your actual power usage will determine what is adequate for your needs, this package is designed as a general package to meet common systems. As with any deep discharge battery the lower the depth of discharge the less total cycles the battery will do, so buy enough batteries and solar panel so that you don't have to deeply discharge the batteries.
The battery charge can be maintained by several different options that can all work together.
1 Solar Panels set up to deliver 48 volts along with a charge controller designed to work with flooded lead acid batteries
2 Hydro power, one of the best systems since the power output is continuous charging the battery 24/7. Again this requires 48 volt for your system voltage output with a charge controller
3 Wind power, If you have a reliable wind source is works great because of high power output with the proper controller
4 AC Generator or Power Connection, used to power the house in case you are not generating power from solar or wind for a period of time.
Solar Energy Rebates: This system of solar panels, inverters, charge controllers and batteries can be part of a solar energy system the could qualify for both state and federal (as of 1/1/2009) renewable energy rebates, or if a business: a non-taxable federal grant of 30% of the total cost of the system plus special 5 year depreciation. Please get more information here http://www.seia.org/ or http://www.dsireusa.org . The federal 30% tax credit plus state incentives can pay for a major portion of the cost of the system. Call your local electric utility to see what they offer for net metering. Another link for information: http://statesolarincentives.net/ You can get a very basic idea of what you qualify for by using the In My Backyard power calculator mentioned at the top of this listing
Battery Testing: All batteries are tested for voltage and load before shipment to assure we are shipping a quality product. Before being shipped, batteries are tested with a Midtronics Celltron Ultra Stationary Battery Tester (www.midtronics.com). This unit is a $6000 professional battery tester designed to test 2v-16v industrial batteries sized from 20 AH to 4000 AH. It was designed to test batteries that are still part of an active battery bank (it also tests disconnected batteries, that is the easy test). It measures the conductance of the individual cells (2 volt cells) or the entire battery and compares those measured conductances with a database of batteries that have measurements for. For other batteries that are not in the database, testing of a large group of the same batteries is used to develop a good cell number. If batteries test from 90-100% of the reference number they are considered in excellent condition. If the batteries are no longer online, then the battery is considered good from 70 to 80% of the reference number. For batteries that are 60% or below, the are considered at risk and should be replaced.
All of the batteries I sell test excellent unless specifically set forth in the listing. That is the best test method available in the battery industry and midtronics is considered the leading battery tester.
How Much Power: Since I have no idea of your actual power usage, this package is designed to meet general usage guidelines, your actual solar access, usage and power requirements may require a slightly modified package. I will happily provide a custom package once you have determined your power requirements throughout an average day (the worksheets in my catalog [for sale in my ebay store] will provide all the information need for me to make better sizing estimates). The more batteries you have in your system the less the depth of discharge and the longer the battery life. In my own cabin, I had l-16 batteries (these were 5 year warranty life) that are 15 years old and they were still going strong, but I only take them down to 20% DOD, so it has paid me many times over to have installed additional batteries at the start. In November I finally took the L16s offline and added 32 of sealed agm technology used batteries to my own cabin along with a new charge controller with built in meter. These are such a great system that I am using them on my own cabin. My bank of batteries supplies power for electric lights, propane forced air furnace (80,000 btu), microwave, deep well 220 volt water pump, stereo, computer, compressor (in my garage) and fans.
Payment: I accept all standard forms of payment. If using Paypal payment I will only ship to the delivery address specified in the "ship to" section of the Paypal payment notification. If not shipping to your confirmed address, I may require additional identity confirmation information. If I don't receive payment in a timely manner I will provide negative feedback. International buyers can standard international payment methods, unless paypal supports seller protection for buyers from your country and a US seller (Currently 109 countries are supported) and then paypal would work acceptably. Any international purchasers are responsible for any customs and duties that may be accessed.
Shipping: This package includes free shipping in the lower 48 US states to the trucker's depot near your location! They have forklifts available to load packages into your truck or trailer. Please inspect for any damage prior to signing release and note any visible damage on the shipping documents they have you sign. For a slightly higher price, everything can be delivered to your home by a truck with liftgate.
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