Advice for my charging situation? Solar?
Hi folks - This is for my minivan. I have: - 24 hour usage around 1 kilowatt, on average. Half a kw on a lazy day (which usually = a cloudy or rainy day, for me). Max I have read on the kill...
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smkettner wrote:Naio wrote:
It's 2hp and ocassionally blows a 100amp breaker. And its use is primarily away from the rig.
My guess is a shave ice machine at the local carnival...
Sure, let's call it that.
So, the carnivals I do ice at don't have electricity. I run my ice shaver off batteries.
On an average day, it takes half a kwh to recharge the batteries. The season hasn't heated up yet, so I don't have a measurement for a high use day (more heat = more customers). My guess is it might be 2x the measurement I have, 3x max.
I would use the solar setup to charge my ice shaver batteries until noon and after 4 on the days we work, and all day on the off days. The work schedule varies but is often alternate days.
I would charge my house battery when not charging the ice batteries, as it is less important to me. (It does run the ice freezer, but freezer keeps ice frozen 3-4 days without power.)
If it's cold and rainy there are very few customers, which is why I think solar might be feasible.
