Hi all, new to this forum and hope you can help. I need to get two solar systems, one for now and one for later. I don't want to waste money on something now that can't be expanded upon later. I am moving to Belize in Central America and will be completely off-grid.
The first step will be living in a travel trailer on my property while I supervise construction of a house which may take a year. Power requirements for the trailer itself aren't that much unless I use the microwave or air-conditioning. I will be bringing a generator with me for both battery charging and use of power tools. Refrigerator is gas. Well I certainly don't want to be using the generator all the time since the goal is to have a house run completely on solar and maybe wind energy.
So what should I buy now that won't be obsolete or unusable with a full-blown house system a year or more from now? I know panels and batteries can be added, but what about the controls, charger and inverters?
Phil Morgan
