DatacomGuy
New Member
New to solar, been watching tons of videos and reading tons of threads on here but haven't seen my specific need asked.
I have a small 10x15 shed that I'm about to assembling. It's a resin shed, and its primary use is simply for storage. I'd like to add some exterior light fixtures to the face of the shed, and some interior LED strips on a switch.
Ideally, i'd love to run the exterior lights from dusk to dawn, but unsure how complicated this will make the setup. Not sure what size battery I would need, and if it would charge quickly enough off of solar to completely recharge every day. I am located in Florida, and I do have plenty of direct visible sunlight. I'd like to keep this as low budget as possible since its simply just for lighting and i'm not trying to do anything crazy with it.
Before I size a controller or panel, i'd imagine I need to figure out my load and battery size for the run time I need. Any guidance here? Worse case scenario, if the battery is too large or too expensive, then i'd switch to motion lights outside instead of dusk to dawn.
Any input from the hive?
I have a small 10x15 shed that I'm about to assembling. It's a resin shed, and its primary use is simply for storage. I'd like to add some exterior light fixtures to the face of the shed, and some interior LED strips on a switch.
Ideally, i'd love to run the exterior lights from dusk to dawn, but unsure how complicated this will make the setup. Not sure what size battery I would need, and if it would charge quickly enough off of solar to completely recharge every day. I am located in Florida, and I do have plenty of direct visible sunlight. I'd like to keep this as low budget as possible since its simply just for lighting and i'm not trying to do anything crazy with it.
Before I size a controller or panel, i'd imagine I need to figure out my load and battery size for the run time I need. Any guidance here? Worse case scenario, if the battery is too large or too expensive, then i'd switch to motion lights outside instead of dusk to dawn.
Any input from the hive?