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Acei
Explorer
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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time2roll
Nomad
Jun 14, 2013
2oldman wrote:
pianotuna wrote:
Off topic--but are you getting more wattage than when you were with a 12 volt configuration?
It looks like it.

At 12v I was getting around 41a. 41ax13v= 533w

Some of those 2oldman panels are a slight mismatch IIRC. If the over spec panels were derated to match each other your harvest would be closer to adjusted rating.

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