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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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KJINTF
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Jun 14, 2013
I guess there are many factors involved but from my POV if I purchased 800 watts of PV array I would expect to harvest the full 800 watts under the correct conditions.

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