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--- electrical:solar:gentle_intro [2020/10/11 19:48]
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+++ electrical:solar:gentle_intro [2021/01/21 13:05]
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 > "...trying to take the comfort level you had in a house into your mobile life [is] tough to do for a boondocker." -- akrvbob((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Too-much-or-too-little-Solar?pid=116253#pid116253))
-The amount of power a solar configuration outputs is [[electrical:solar:output|greatly affected by things like latitude, season, shade, temperature, and even battery voltage]].
+The amount of power a solar configuration outputs is [[electrical:solar:output|greatly affected by things like latitude, season, shade, temperature, and even battery voltage]].  A crude rule of thumb might be meaningful solar harvest is possible only when the sun is throwing well-defined shadows on the ground.
 Since it looks like magic, beginners tend to worry about [[electrical:solar:status#is_my_solar_working|whether or not their system is working]].  It usually is.

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