Solar strategy in the east
I'm from Illinois. Camping out in the AZ desert at the moment, I can see that solar is easy out here. Do the math, install it right, and you are golden. Camping in the eastern 2/3rds of the US, i...
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I think the choice of MPPT vs PWM will only be important if they choose ~200W portable - in a full sun MPPT will over-perform PWM.
If they decide to cover the roof with amorphous panels and try making "something out of nothing" while in the shade - I like how BFL calls it :) - then the difference between PWM and MPPT won't be that obvious.
This looks like 2 choices here - medium size portable (likely a set of 2 in series) or maximum size on-roof amorphous in parallel. In any event they will need at least 300 AH battery bank and limit their MW use.
If they decide to cover the roof with amorphous panels and try making "something out of nothing" while in the shade - I like how BFL calls it :) - then the difference between PWM and MPPT won't be that obvious.
This looks like 2 choices here - medium size portable (likely a set of 2 in series) or maximum size on-roof amorphous in parallel. In any event they will need at least 300 AH battery bank and limit their MW use.
