posted 1 hour ago
You don't mention anything about the solar resources used to charge this system. That is going to be very important. What's going to happen when winter storms blow in and you can't get sufficient charge for weeks at a time? Will there be a backup generator? I could envision your batteries being totally drained by day 7 of an extended storm? Will there be periods of time you are away from the cabin, or will you be there 24/7 to tend to the system?
For my own 48V system,I started with 4500W of panels, in five arrays, all facing South. I later upgraded the system with another 3000W facing due West to catch the late afternoon sun. This was done to prolong the time I could keep my well-pump, and air-conditioner running in the late afternoon without any battery depletion. The South-facing arrays start getting shading around 4:30pm or so, and are all in complete shade after 5:00pm. With the Western arrays, I can keep the well-pump running till 6:00pm, and the air-con running till ~7:00pm, before the battery starts draining.
What's the reasoning for keeping the battery outside? Is it the potential for a run-away battery fire? If that's the concern, why build the enclosure right up against the wooden wall of the cabin, made with especially flammable materials? If in fact the battery were to catch on fire, the outside wall would light after just a minute or two, and then work it's way up to the roof.
Since my battery bank is in an unheated North-facing utility room, I went with lead-acid Rolls-Surrette batteries. After 5 years, they are still performing like new, with all twelve 4V batteries reaching full charge by the end of the day, even in the rain. On a sunny day, ~ 10:00am. The key for keeping lead-acid happy is abundant charging. The legacy of the many, many, many dead off-grid systems comes from the chronic undercharging resulting from implementing too few watts of panel charging.