I was trolling around you tube and found someone running a 5000 btu AC off of their solar system. Most of the time he was loosing the battle or at best keeping even. The second video was commercial a...
You have to consider solar output takes a dramatic drop in output when its cloudy. The panel output ratings are under ideal labratory conditions and are not necessarily what they will do out in the real world on a day to day basis. I have a 800w solar system on my coach and it does not produce anywhere near 800w most of the time. Sometimes it will show 41-42a output other times less than 10a - depends on the weather.
Jim
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