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Xringer · 04-04-10, 04:46 PM

You need to add up your kWh used over night, so you can come up with
an adequate size for your PV array.. If you have 5 hours of good sun on the PV
array and it's a 100 watt panel (0.1kw), it's going to put a possible 0.5kWh charge into the batteries..

And, if it's cloudy for a couple of days, will your pack be able to supply the loads?
Or will you be able to use the grid or the Honda to charged up the pack?

I would buy at least enough PV to replace all the juice lost during the night,
plus about 25%, for losses and in case of clouds..

Here's a pretty nice panel store.. Solar Panels

I'm looking at some of those cheaper thin-film panels that are coming out in May.
Not sure if I'll get them yet, since they are so large and heavy..

Now that that the floods have done a job on my basement, we are looking
at major cost to repair, add pumps etc..

04-04-10, 04:46 PM	#7
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	You need to add up your kWh used over night, so you can come up with an adequate size for your PV array.. If you have 5 hours of good sun on the PV array and it's a 100 watt panel (0.1kw), it's going to put a possible 0.5kWh charge into the batteries.. And, if it's cloudy for a couple of days, will your pack be able to supply the loads? Or will you be able to use the grid or the Honda to charged up the pack? I would buy at least enough PV to replace all the juice lost during the night, plus about 25%, for losses and in case of clouds.. Here's a pretty nice panel store.. Solar Panels I'm looking at some of those cheaper thin-film panels that are coming out in May. Not sure if I'll get them yet, since they are so large and heavy.. Now that that the floods have done a job on my basement, we are looking at major cost to repair, add pumps etc..