A Honda inverter generator, an Ecoflow Delta Pro, and a tiny offgrid cabin in the woods. Next... solar! But how?

[Doggydogworld]

The roof faces east. The hill behind the cabin where the trees are is to the south, so no south facing panels for me

OK, not ideal but you already know that. You need to re-run PVWatts with Azimuth set to 90 (east) instead of 180. That'll reduce the numbers, perhaps significantly for Oct/Nov. I'd still like to get a single panel (any size) up ASAP and compare to PVWatts. And also to get a feel for shading. If it's not a problem today it should be OK through September. Oct/Nov shading will be worse than today. Dec worse yet, but I assume that's out of season.

 

[melimelo]

Thanks for this suggestion. Yes, we usually shut things down late October or early November. I will try the single panel this summer as a test.