How to measure how much solar we need?
(hope this is right section) Brought home TT last month and now have basics taken care of and RV is road ready. Now starting to think about bigger long term projects. One project is, we would like...
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reed cundiff wrote:
We are currently in southern New Mexico and can obtain about 5500 W-hours a day (on sunny days) this week
5500/12.7= 433 AH.
With 700W flat panel at the end of November?
reed cundiff wrote:
We were on Olympic Peninsula for three wees this summer ... and were getting about 500 W-hrs each day in 150' trees. So, we were going down 750 or so W-hr a day. We had a 5 kW-hour deficit in the battery bank by the time we left.
40 AH a day with 700W in summer, why not. When it's clear sky over those trees, the shade isn't too dark.
On a day when my solar harvest is mere 40 AH, my batteries are floating at 100%, no deficit. But this is me. Some people need at least 3 times as much, to live comfortably. As Steve previously noted, controlling your consumption is a big deal.
