3 tons wrote:
Yep, one’s own instincts often tend to default to a required 1 to 1 harvest to demand scenario, but in a broader real world context this is not necessarily the case…
What also needs to be considered is compressor duty cycle, concurrent harvesting, and the restoration of full amperage to battery charging that occurs in between each compressor ON-OFF cycle, and the ‘available’ battery Depth of Discharge (DOD) till start of the next day’s harvest cycle…Where battery storage is tight (as in a truck camper - resolved by under dinette mounting), Lithium is what makes this become viable possibility,,,
FWIW, total air conditioner run time (cycling - ending at 1915) was about 6.75 hrs…
Hope this adds some enlightenment :)
3 tons
Now add more solar and the #s really start to look good. Less from the batteries and a little charge on off cycles. ;)