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ecomodded · 02-20-14, 08:59 PM

You know, your pretty close with your guess of a 1000w in panels, it"sounds" about right with my guesstimate as well.. My fridge runs every couple of hours for 10-15 minutes but I live alone, I would double my earlier run time estimate after thinking more about it.. so off hand I would factor in 15 minutes of run time every hour, which is 5 3/4 hours of run time per 24hrs. at how many watts combined you are using.

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in a perfect world , if you get your 4 hours of sunlight equivalent per day x 1000w pv panels and a drain of 400w every 15 min. you would fail by about 25% to make enough power but @ 1500w you will make it with 25% to spare - My seat of the pants math may well be flawed .. apply with caution !

02-20-14, 08:59 PM	#10
ecomodded Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Island,Canada. Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 116 Thanked 100 Times in 87 Posts	You know, your pretty close with your guess of a 1000w in panels, it"sounds" about right with my guesstimate as well.. My fridge runs every couple of hours for 10-15 minutes but I live alone, I would double my earlier run time estimate after thinking more about it.. so off hand I would factor in 15 minutes of run time every hour, which is 5 3/4 hours of run time per 24hrs. at how many watts combined you are using. edit to add: in a perfect world , if you get your 4 hours of sunlight equivalent per day x 1000w pv panels and a drain of 400w every 15 min. you would fail by about 25% to make enough power but @ 1500w you will make it with 25% to spare - My seat of the pants math may well be flawed .. apply with caution ! Last edited by ecomodded; 02-20-14 at 09:20 PM..