Recent content by Datsolarboi

Okay so then in my worst month of December I would on average get 1.2kw per day from 1kw of solar panels. If I use 3kwh per day of battery than I should have at least 2.5kw of solar panels to replenish the battery. However if I have a day without sunlight, then my battery would be drained and...

For example: if I buy one server rack battery for my storage needs at 5kWh (24v/200AH eg) how to I size my solar panel array? Do I need 5kWh of panels? Less? More? I live in BC and here is a map of kWh/kW for the region. I live in a light orange/yellow portion of the map.

Thank you! I’m in canada so it’s confusing why this would be 240VAC not 120

Thank you all for the replies! A few follow up questions: Why does my fridge need a heating element? Is the watts the watts/hour? And if so am I right I’m thinking the fridge requires 5000(!?) watts per day for the heating element, and 500 for the fridge? Does this label specify how much power...

This label confuses me, how many Wh does this fridge use? Why does it draw different amps from a car vs house battery? Furthermore what if I had a 24 or 48v system- does this fridge not work on dc power in that case? I’m trying to figure out my battery bank and panel requirement but I’m...