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electrical:solar:sizing [2020/01/19 19:43]
frater_secessus [your reserve needs]
electrical:solar:sizing [2020/01/19 19:44]
frater_secessus [your reserve needs]
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 Solar power is highly dependent on local conditions like weather, season, and latitude.  One cannot assume getting a full charge every day in every condition. Solar power is highly dependent on local conditions like weather, season, and latitude.  One cannot assume getting a full charge every day in every condition.
  
-To account for this decide how many reserve days of power you need if there is little [[https://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-information/sun-hours-us-map|solar power available]].  You may need few in desert regions and many more in the Pacific Northwest.  Long stretches of little solar charging may necessitate +To account for this decide how many reserve days of power((https://duckduckgo.com/?q=days+of+autonomy&t=ffab&ia=web)) you need if there is little [[https://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-information/sun-hours-us-map|solar power available]].  You may need few in desert regions and many more in the Pacific Northwest.  Long stretches of little solar charging may necessitate 
 [[electrical:solar:rationing|rationing solar power]]. [[electrical:solar:rationing|rationing solar power]].
  
-Reserve days of power is also known as //days of autonomy//.((https://duckduckgo.com/?q=days+of+autonomy&t=ffab&ia=web))+
  
 It is safest and simplest for solar newbies to assume a day of poor solar harvest = zero solar harvest.  In actuality zero harvest is highly unlikely; more experienced or risk-tolerant RVers can run with [[electrical:solar:slim reserve|less reserve or no reserve at all]].  It is safest and simplest for solar newbies to assume a day of poor solar harvest = zero solar harvest.  In actuality zero harvest is highly unlikely; more experienced or risk-tolerant RVers can run with [[electrical:solar:slim reserve|less reserve or no reserve at all]]. 
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