Newbie solar questions
Let me start out by asking the experts here if the system I'm planning will work. I'm not very good with electronics. Let me also state that I don't have a lot of funds so I am trying to do this on th...
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JiminDenver wrote:
They are my 440w micro generator.
Very, very "micro" ;)
They won't of course run a microwave on their own, even a short time. Microwave would suck 100A current out of the battery (or the balance of 20-something Amps of solar "in" and 100A "out"). Then solar would - hopefully - make enough juice by the evening to put this energy back into battery. Or it wouldn't.
Microwave is a power hog, with 440W solar there is a risk not to get your batts to 100% by the evening after you've used MW a few times. OTH, if I were to use MW only on those occasions when I have an excess energy after batteries are full - which excess I normally do have, around noon - I might as well use an oven. Most common task of MW is reheating leftovers, this can be done on propane same well but slowly. The most sense - meaning, the most comfort - MW would make early in the morning, but you don't have any solar coming in at that time.
