I have just built a shed and was looking to put lighting in it. After some research it seems it is much simpler to use solar power for this as one avoids the complications required to take a feed from the consumer unit, meet building regulations, and run a cable to the shed. No Part P certification is required from a professional electrician and the cabling is more straightforward and possibly cheaper.
This then started me thinking about my Idratek system. At the moment I'm using a basic MPD-002 to power my system but would like to move to a system using an IPD-001 at some point. Since I presume the 12v power to the Idratek modules doesn't consume much power, so that only a 4Ah battery is used as backup in the IPS-002 unit, it would seem that one could possibly also use solar power to run the Idratek system.
This would mean that I could do a DIY move to an IPD-001 system without calling in an electrician. I wondered if it was possible to set up a system in which one could connect solar panels with an output of 15.4V to the 75W P1/P2 terminals of the IPD-001. Presumably a larger battery than 4Ah would be needed on the B+ and B- terminals as well. This would have the advantage of making the system independant of mains power.
Alternatively one could just charge a battery directly from standard panels and use a 12v regulator to supply conditioned 12V power to an MPD-002 if the IPD-001 couldn't handle being repurposed in this way.
Any thoughts from anyone on this?
This then started me thinking about my Idratek system. At the moment I'm using a basic MPD-002 to power my system but would like to move to a system using an IPD-001 at some point. Since I presume the 12v power to the Idratek modules doesn't consume much power, so that only a 4Ah battery is used as backup in the IPS-002 unit, it would seem that one could possibly also use solar power to run the Idratek system.
This would mean that I could do a DIY move to an IPD-001 system without calling in an electrician. I wondered if it was possible to set up a system in which one could connect solar panels with an output of 15.4V to the 75W P1/P2 terminals of the IPD-001. Presumably a larger battery than 4Ah would be needed on the B+ and B- terminals as well. This would have the advantage of making the system independant of mains power.
Alternatively one could just charge a battery directly from standard panels and use a 12v regulator to supply conditioned 12V power to an MPD-002 if the IPD-001 couldn't handle being repurposed in this way.
Any thoughts from anyone on this?
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