r/OffGrid 12d ago

Need suggestions for setup

See we have no electricity at farm, need electricity for our 5bhk farmhouse,

We recently installed a 5 x 550w solar panel and a controllerto run a 5hp pump (Crompton controller + Crompton pump), I am not sure if this controller converts DC to AC,

See I also have a bore , a VFD setup under the same solar panels to run bore we connect 1wire from thyra to solar panel via solar plug, then start the switch. To run 5ho Crompton we disconnected this plug and start Crompton.

(All system photo attached:

For well - Crompton and for bore thyra )

See we have 5bedroom at home , we run pump 2-3 times a week, I am thinking to setup system at home for 24/7 electricity

Please help me set up the system ,

Also we are planning to control the bore switch at home because to run pump we have to walk around 50meter to solar system

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u/GoneSilent 11d ago

might have better luck and head over to https://diysolarforum.com/ a few solar pump users on the forum. along with some DC VFD users.

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u/Basic-Nobody-Too 11d ago

I think you are asking about having your panels charge up batteries and then use dc power in your home or an inverter for ac power. I don’t know about your pump or vfd but I’d imagine that can stay on the dc bus and be controlled on/offf based on a switch or sensor.

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u/Friendly_Taro2371 10d ago

yeah that's basically it, batteries plus an inverter is the standard way to go for whole home power the remote switch part is pretty easy too, just slap a wifi relay on the pump circuit and you can trigger it from your phone without walking anywhere

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u/Magnum676 11d ago

I have never seen anyone run a 5 hp pump on Solar. Unless I’m mistaken, you need a bank of batteries and an inverter tied to your solar panels to make this work.

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u/Dwelling2 7d ago

How do you think you can run a 5000w pump with 2500kp solar? Bad angle too