Batteries and Accessories

Batteries are the lynchpin in any offgrid PV System and buying quality batteries will ensure that years of low maintenance service will make your solar experience as streamlined and hassle free as possible.Also inverters are at the level now that they can appropriately charge a tandem grid-tied/battery backup system so if you wanted days of autonomy i have listed the appropriate AGM/GEL batteries in the grid tie section.

If you buy batteries from Hughes Solar be assured that you are getting PV durable batteries.Marine,auto and others advertised as "deep cycle" are not suitable for PV use.The plates are paper thin and will be destroyed within a year after operating in the deep discharge of a PV system.Even if you can get free car batteries the constant replacement makes them not worth the effort.So if ever in doubt as to what a real PV battery is,pick it up.It will be 3 times as heavy as a normal car battery as the lead plates inside are extremely thick.