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>200 W is what I expect as a 24h average; that's 4.8 kWh/day I guess we don't know where you live, but on the surface of planet Earth, you only get 12 hours of
by floxy 2y ago
>200 W is what I expect as a 24h average; that's 4.8 kWh/day
I guess we don't know where you live, but on the surface of planet Earth, you only get 12 hours of daylight, averaged over the course of a year. Plus dusk and dawn aren't really good for solar power. And then clouds are also a factor for many locations.
- ben_w 2y agoI'm already accounting for all that. Footprint of a car is close to 8-10m^2, that area of 20% cells with a 10-15% capacity factor (covering night and clouds) is 160-300 watts. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1kW%2Fm%5E2%2A8m%5E2%2A20%25%2A10%25 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1kW%2Fm%5E2%2A8m%5E2%2A... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1kW%2Fm%5E2%2A10m%5E2%2A20%25%2A15%25 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1kW%2Fm%5E2%2A10m%5E2%2...