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I appreciate the enthusiasm, but that web page needs a serious reset of expectations. Starting with the battery: 500Wh means if you want to run a fridge, it bet
by mikestew 6y ago
I appreciate the enthusiasm, but that web page needs a serious reset of expectations. Starting with the battery: 500Wh means if you want to run a fridge, it better be a tiny one. For those that don't have this stuff memorized, you can run 5 old-school 100W incandescent bulbs for an hour on that battery. That's about 20 minutes of microwave oven, and then you wait 3 or 4 hours before you do it again. Best I can figure, it'll barely run a 3.2 cubic foot "dorm" fridge, and with lossiness it probably won't be able to do even that. It'll run your lights, it'll charge your phone, you can run your laptop. Which is probably good enough for most folk.
But that picture with a rigid panel just lying on that thin ledge, that has to go.
Source: RV owner with 410W of heavily-researched solar on the roof, and a big-ass battery.