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Acei
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Jun 14, 2013

How much power does solar panels actually generate?

Lets say the solar panel is rated at 500w, how much power should I expect it to generate on a sunny day vs cloudy day vs rainy day? As a separate question, is it possible to run a residential fridg...
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Ka_Ron
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Jun 14, 2013
A 100 watt light bulb will use 100 watts of electricity.
If you have a 500w solar panel that is what you should get on a sunny day.

I can run our fridge on battery for several days and we have a very small solar panel just to maintain charge.

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