Solar system Upgrade

[Kola]

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Still in the works, once she's done everything thing will get neatly tucked away and anchored.

Four Panasonic 96 cell 335 watt mono-panels mounted on PT wood with adjustable tilt. (wired for 70v and approx 22 amps)
**I used 6 awg cables to cover the span from the combiner box at the array to the cabin = 75 feet ***

Four Battle Born lithium-ion batteries 12v 100ah wired series/parallel for 24v (using 2/0 cables) (able to keep these indoors is a huge plus!)

Outback FM 80 MPPT (wired with 6 awg) (gage size as per OB install manual)

Outback Inverter 24v/2500 watt (2/0 cables) (gage size as per PB install manual)

OB 175 vdc breaker (in large J-box) for batts to inverter ( I cut out openings to mount and later found Midnight Solar makes a great box to house a lot of breakers. busses, etc)

OB 80 amp breaker in (smaller j-box) for Battery to FM controller (as per manual)

I still have to run 6 awg solid copper wire for all my grounds (inv, cc and batts) and my 10/2 awg feed from inverter to AC panel. I already pounded in one 5/8" copper coated ground rod along cabin and another one out at my array.

Conduit gets trenched and buried in Spring (hopefully) and Honda 7000 EU will be hard-wired in as well.

Overall, it's not a big system at all, BUT it should suit my demands as I am super frugal on electrical usage. We'll soon see !
My main goal is to be able to run my pellet stove through the entire night. It's an Enviro Mini A and checkig with my Kill-O-Watt meter uses very little wattage/amps (300 to 600w) The exception is when ignitor fires up (900-1000w) but it's not hooked to a T-stat so it doesn't go on/off like that. I just set the Pelly on low and she purrs all night steady.