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Snarky perhaps but it was a good joke and it did give me a big belly laugh. Plus i love the visual... me melting in the heat with toes frosty inside a freezer. Good one.

Thank you. Helpful. I know an inverter is beneficial but i am fuzzy on why. Need to pull out my old EE books and read up a bit more. Your point about startup amperage is a good reminder, i had forgotten about that phenomenon.

thanks, this is helpful. The roof has limited space but that's probably how I'll try to size the (max) solar array.

Thanks. Brand new walls so we are packing them with insulation. since the space is small, I'm looking at a mini-split wall mount.

LOL this has been very educational.

Thank you. I've done the back-of-the-envelope needs, unfortunately that was after i bought the system (lol, duh!) but i will look at your reference. It's a small "guest house" and barely enough for 1 to crash for a couple of weeks. No big HVAC, kitchen, laundry, etc. Tomorrow I have scheduled a...

Thanks. I renovated a 120 year old house from foreclosure, did about half the work myself, so I can figure some stuff out. My (female) helper used to call it her Super-Dikey-Day-Job. I'm an engineer, albeit not electrical, but I'm open to learning and I can get past mistakes and failures. Glad...

This is helpful. thank you.

This is helpful. thank you.

This is helpful. thank you.

Yeah i was wondering if a variable speed drive motor would help. Thanks for the confirmation and references.

I'm building an off-grid hut in the back yard, it's 8x10x12 high. I purchased a 4Patriots "1800" which has a max capacity of 768 DC Watt-hours or 690 AC Watt-hours from full battery to dry. But... I can't find a small enough window A/C or mini-split to run off battery overnight. Recharging the...