If you are using only 300-watt solar panels, you will need 17 300-watt solar panels for a 5kW solar system (17 × 300 watts is actually 5100 watts, so this is a 5.1kW system). If you are using only 400-watt solar panels, you will need 13 400-watt solar panels for a 5kW solar system (13 × 400 watts is actually 5200 watts, so this is a 5.2kW system).
For a 20kW solar system, you would need either 200 100-watt solar panels, 100 200-watt solar panels, 68 300-watt solar panels, or 50 400-watt solar panels. This is just how easy it is. We hope that this illustrates well how many solar panels you need for these differently-sized solar systems.
If you are using only 400-watt solar panels, you will need 13 400-watt solar panels for a 5kW solar system (13 × 400 watts is actually 5200 watts, so this is a 5.2kW system). Quite simple, right? You can also mix solar panels with different wattages.
You can also mix solar panels with different wattages. Example: For a 10 kW solar system, you can use 33 300-watt PV panels (9900 watts) + 1 100-watt solar panel to bring the total up to 10,000 watts or 10kW solar system. This is a 10kW solar system.
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If you have a 3-phase load pulling equally on all 3 phases - let''s say 2 kW per phase, and all your solar inverter (s) are on a single phase and you are generating 6 kW on that phase.
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It sounds like the best option would be to somehow configure 48-panels with the controller to provide power to critical loads at the house in the event of a failure.
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