Hello all. Ill-advisedly I purchased the following setup and would like to see if it can be made to work without any further large investments.
Solar panels provide 18.9v 40A DC. I have a 400W AC water pump connected to a 12v DC input inverter, 240v AC output at a max 800w. I wanted to avoid having a charge controller and battery in the system and thought I could connect the solar panels directly to the inverter. It won't go on because the inverter accepts a max input voltage of 17v.
Is it feasible to use a resistive load in series with the panels to drop the voltage? Are there other possible low-cost solutions. Any advice will be highly appreciated. Thanks.
Solar panels provide 18.9v 40A DC. I have a 400W AC water pump connected to a 12v DC input inverter, 240v AC output at a max 800w. I wanted to avoid having a charge controller and battery in the system and thought I could connect the solar panels directly to the inverter. It won't go on because the inverter accepts a max input voltage of 17v.
Is it feasible to use a resistive load in series with the panels to drop the voltage? Are there other possible low-cost solutions. Any advice will be highly appreciated. Thanks.