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electrical:solar:gentle_intro [2023/09/25 20:10]
frater_secessus [rack mounting]
electrical:solar:gentle_intro [2023/11/07 11:19] (current)
frater_secessus [TLDR]
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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)) (Bob from Cheap RV Living) > "...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)) (Bob from Cheap RV Living)
  
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-> The fastest way to bring beginner expectations of solar in line with reality is to **assume you will run //nothing// off an inverter**.   -- secessus 
  
 > Setting up solar that //works// is easy.  Setting up solar that //works well// and //under challenging conditions// is much tougher.  -- secessus  > Setting up solar that //works// is easy.  Setting up solar that //works well// and //under challenging conditions// is much tougher.  -- secessus 
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   * panels rarely make their rated output under real conditions   * panels rarely make their rated output under real conditions
   * your //location// will have a huge effect on solar harvest   * your //location// will have a huge effect on solar harvest
 +  * //time of year// will have a huge effect on solar harvest
   * shade on the panels will clobber output   * shade on the panels will clobber output
   * panels still make some power under cloudy skies   * panels still make some power under cloudy skies
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