More Solar!
Just got one of these 255w panels for $177 Can ( about $131 US). I am a hopeless solar addict now, no thanks to PT and the rest. :( So that will bring my total solar to 810 watts flat on the roof....
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Hi BFL13,
My water heater testing showed that time between cycles was about 4 hours, and that cycle time was 15 minutes if no water was drawn. That was with a 1400 watt element in a 10 gallon US water heater with the ambient temperature at 18 C.
With 810 watts of solar, I'd have no qualms with running the water heater at night via the inverter. Worst case it would draw about 1 kwh. That should yield a nice moderate cycling of the battery bank.
During the day I'd move the fridge to electric, too.
My water heater testing showed that time between cycles was about 4 hours, and that cycle time was 15 minutes if no water was drawn. That was with a 1400 watt element in a 10 gallon US water heater with the ambient temperature at 18 C.
With 810 watts of solar, I'd have no qualms with running the water heater at night via the inverter. Worst case it would draw about 1 kwh. That should yield a nice moderate cycling of the battery bank.
During the day I'd move the fridge to electric, too.
