More Solar for "Us"
Ok, I went off.the deep end? Bought 3 used 37watt uni-solar panels and a blue sky 2000e controller for the hefty price of $400, They were being listed as 75w panels, they are not The tested open...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
If the figures are correct it is interesting to note that the voltage is, going back to Oct 28, 14.07; Oct 30 13.91 (cloudy); Oct 31 13.82; Nov 30 was 13.51 and today was 13.37 (I divided the watts per day by the amps per day).
If we assume 700 watts per day Mr. Wizard has accumulated power for 46 days amounting to at least 32200 watt/hours or 2555 amp-hours. Guessing at 40 amps per hour from a generator/converter that's 63 hours of generator time or 1.36 hours per day.
At about a gallon/hr for those 63 hours = about 200 clams in fuel savings!
Pretty much a no brainer investment for a full timer.
Occasional weekenders like some of us WOULD get the noise benefit, but might likely sell the rig before the dollars could be recouped.
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