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Don't know why you are downvoted. I used to run solar powered sites that would have 5 rainy days in a row in which only about 10% of solar generation was delive
by generatorguy 7y ago
Don't know why you are downvoted. I used to run solar powered sites that would have 5 rainy days in a row in which only about 10% of solar generation was delivered during daylight hours. We started with only enough batteries to last overnight and ended up with 10x that. Then we added 33% more when the first set of batteries had a short life due to getting so deeply discharged.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoHe’s downvoted because he’s bringing on-the-ground facts to a political discussion about solar and wind.
- atq2119 7y agoIt may have more to do with the "haha lol", which is an antipattern for rational discussion.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoHumans are irrational. And it’s hard not to laugh at wind and solar. But you are right. I would downvote if I was wrong and laughed at.
- llukas 7y agoIs 10x overnight demand close to 48h of average demand? If yes then original post was right.
- generatorguy 7y agoMy average day and night load was the same so I went from 12 hours to 120 hours worth of batteries and then could get through the 5 day storm, but with batteries depleted so badly they were essentially damaged. Now we have about 150 hours worth of stored energy for our loads. we added a wind turbine as well which was great since some of the rainy stormy days had lots of wind. I don't understand my original posts parent's comment about (geo) diversity not helping.