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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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pianotuna
Nomad III
Jun 16, 2013
Hi Acei,

960 watts @ 12 volts presents some issues. Many of the charge controllers max out at 800 watts on a 12 volt "platform". That means two controllers need to be ganged together in a Master/slave configuration.

Acei wrote:
If the roof can handle it, I'm going for 4 x 240w Sanyo HIT panels.

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