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--- opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2022/11/25 10:59]
frater_secessus [believing 100w of panel will make 100w all day long]
+++ opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2023/02/17 11:33]
frater_secessus [shade]
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 ==== Failure to consider all loads ====
-Posts that include "my needs are simple, all I need are lights and a fan" develop, after questioning, into "Yeah, forgot the laptop.  And phone.  And tablet.  And toaster.  And coffee maker."
+Posts that include "my needs are simple, all I need are lights and a fan" develop, after questioning, into "Yeah, forgot the laptop.  And phone.  And tablet.  And toaster.  And coffee maker."  It's like [[https://youtu.be/2ZTdqh-a0tU?t=120|the scene from that Steve Martin movie]] where all he needs is an ashtry, then collects more and more stuff as he walks away.
 [[rv:build:cardboard|Living in a van mockup]], for example,  //forces// one to assess what one really needs.
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 ^ Time ^ Watts ^
 |6:02a |0w|
-|7:02a |15.9w|
+|7:02a |0w((panel voltage too low))|
 |8:02A |32.8w|
 |9:02A |48.7w|
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 |5:02p |48.9w|
 |6:02p |33.1w|
-|7:02p |16.2w|
+|7:02p |0w((panel voltage too low))|
 |8:02p |0w|
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+==== believing they will set out portable panels ====
+Mounted panels make power whenever sunlight is available.  Portable panels make power only when they have been set out by their owners.  It is a common mistake to underestimate how much of a PITA portables can be and overestimate one's dedication to setting them out.
+Be realistic:  if you are a person whose phone battery and gas tank is perpetually below 1/4 you probably won't set the panels out often enough or for long enough to derive much benefit.

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