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> If capacity was only 8kWh, then they could only run all this stuff for maybe 1-2 hours a day. I think the correct reading is they'd be able to run it for 1-2
by Filligree 5y ago
> If capacity was only 8kWh, then they could only run all this stuff for maybe 1-2 hours a day.
I think the correct reading is they'd be able to run it for 1-2 hours, once. Presumably it's all powered off a bank of AA batteries. ;-)
- jacquesm 5y agoHe's using some pretty heavy duty prismatic Lithium Ion cells.
- Filligree 5y agoThen presumably it's 8 kW. I wonder what the base rating of the solar panels is; it might be 60-70 kW. (If it's just the panels shown in the photo, then those are probably 8kW on a sunny day.)
- jacquesm 5y ago26 panels at 300 W / panel is indeed about 7.8KW with some leeway if it is cold they will do a bit better and when it's warm they'll do a bit worse. Rural Canada is quite far North, so your sunlight will not quite reach the 1KW/square meter that you can expect elsewhere due to the longer path the light needs to take through the atmosphere which causes some attenuation.