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nevadanick
Explorer
Jan 10, 2014

Battery and solar ?

I am having a new buildingput up and i wont have power for 6-8 weeks. I need to run heat in it. My plan is a Reznor that has about 700 watt draw. My ? Is how much battery, how much solar to get through the day. I am assuming i need a 1000 w inverter, i will run a generator through the night. After i get power i will use the system for the rv.
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    BFL13
    Explorer II
    Jan 10, 2014
    700w draw on inverter is 70amps from the battery bank the inverter is on. You can't make that many amps on solar so you will be losing ground all the time. Best you can do is get some solar and a huge battery bank and make up the difference at night on the generator.

    It is possible to estimate the in and out figures for a particular set-up, but then the weatherman will mess it all up for the solar part.

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