johnhornor
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I am a newbie to solar but I'm building a studio in my back yard and I've been trying to rig it on the cheap. The problem is, I live in the American south, where it's regularly above 90º F during any month without an R and often in months with them and easily 60% humidity. A studio without some kind of AC unit would be pretty unusable. However, simply powering a 500w window AC unit with solar would entail more money than I want to put into this studio. Because I would keep some items in the studio I wouldn't want to regularly be over 100º and I want to be able to work there in the daytime occasionally, I gotta figure out this problem and don't have any real experience to draw from. So I made my way here. I've been binging Will's incredibly informative videos, bought his book (and a couple of other DIY solar books) and now I'm in the planning phase and I have to figure out if this is even feasible.
My shed will be 96 square feet, around 1100 cubic, as well insulated as possible, so I thought I might be able to make do with a smaller AC fixture than a 500w, 5000BTU window unit. In searching for smaller BTU units, I found a 2000BTU server ac. It only draws 276w. The load will entail my laptop, a few DC lights, a fan, a Bluetooth speaker in the studio.
So, I was thinking about 400 - 600w of solar panels (luckily my shed area gets around 8 hours of direct sunlight), a one or two of the cheaper $600 lithium iron phosphate 100wh batteries, and a 2000/4000w inverter. It's this even feasible?
Anyway, I'd love any sort of feedback or suggestions. As I said, I'm an absolute newb.
Thanks for your time and consideration, in advance.
My shed will be 96 square feet, around 1100 cubic, as well insulated as possible, so I thought I might be able to make do with a smaller AC fixture than a 500w, 5000BTU window unit. In searching for smaller BTU units, I found a 2000BTU server ac. It only draws 276w. The load will entail my laptop, a few DC lights, a fan, a Bluetooth speaker in the studio.
So, I was thinking about 400 - 600w of solar panels (luckily my shed area gets around 8 hours of direct sunlight), a one or two of the cheaper $600 lithium iron phosphate 100wh batteries, and a 2000/4000w inverter. It's this even feasible?
Anyway, I'd love any sort of feedback or suggestions. As I said, I'm an absolute newb.
Thanks for your time and consideration, in advance.
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