Need help organizing thoughts for electricity solution.
Hello, I live in New Brunswick, Canada, if that's relevant. I will be moving into a camper on my land, eventually moving into a 600 square foot cabin. My main goal is to be able to use the components I buy now, and scale it up for the cabin.
I Just need power for lights, cell phone based internet, a couple security cameras, maybe a small fridge(not necessary.) It'll be purely charged by a generator, then a mix of solar panels/back up generator later.
I am getting totally overwhelmed by voltages. I read the 48v is far more efficient, generates less heat, but they appear to be twice the price for similar AH. I will be avoiding all high electricity use appliances like heaters/cookers/hair drying. So I'm thinking maybe 48v is better for higher demand things, I dont know. I think I could stick with 12v.
In the end I just need power for the earlier mentioned things. A fridge, recharge phones/cordless tools, washing machine (no dryer,) some small 12v water pumps. **edit** also a small DC air conditioner and some fans
I assume I will be using a fossil fuel generator to charge my batteries a lot in the winter months, so I don;t want to go huge into solar, wont be starting with solar, so I'm not too worried about that. I can just add enough panels to charge my batteries in the good months later.
I guess my main questions here are:
Should I just go 12v
For some reason I have my eyes on this 12v 200ah lifepo battery. Can I buy this, then buy 2 or 3 later for more capactity?
What kind of inverter/controller/charger can I get that I can scale up. I want to charge from a generator and solar panels without having multiple components, unless thats a better way of doing it
There's a lot im missing, so any advice in general would be appreciated, thanks