The "nest" and it's loads
All loads turned off and each load measured 1 at a time with a Sears AC/DC clamp on amp meter. Watts are measured current * 12 volts Basic formulas: All watts are E*I=W; in all cases E = 12 Vdc...
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Almot wrote:
3A furnace is nice, but 18.64 WH is if you run it only 30 minutes a day.
Otherwise - no surprises. My daily draw is about 35 AH or 440 WH a day, without furnace but with laptop.
It looks like you need a bigger battery bank.
That is worst case and 47% soc is slightly below the desired goal of 50%. With the TM's real estate is a major problem for batteries and solar.
Our normal usage drops the batteries 15% per day and with good sun the addition of the 120 watt panel has raised our roc to 7% so no for us a larger battery bank isn't needed.
As for the heater the name plate data says 16 amps but have never measured it anywhere near that.
