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opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2022/11/08 12:18]
frater_secessus [buying the wrong panel]
opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2023/01/21 11:39]
frater_secessus [Failure to consider all loads]
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 ==== Failure to consider all loads ==== ==== 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. [[rv:build:cardboard|Living in a van mockup]], for example,  //forces// one to assess what one really needs.
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 ^ Time ^ Watts ^ ^ Time ^ Watts ^
 |6:02a |0w| |6:02a |0w|
-|7:02a |15.9w|+|7:02a |0w((panel voltage too low))|
 |8:02A |32.8w| |8:02A |32.8w|
 |9:02A |48.7w| |9:02A |48.7w|
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 |5:02p |48.9w| |5:02p |48.9w|
 |6:02p |33.1w| |6:02p |33.1w|
-|7:02p |16.2w|+|7:02p |0w((panel voltage too low))|
 |8:02p |0w| |8:02p |0w|
  
 See the //not enough panel// section below.  See the //not enough panel// section below. 
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 +==== believing 100w of panel will make 100w all year ====
 +
 +Solar harvest is greatly affected by the position of the sun in the sky (see above) and how many hours of that sun are available.  A crude generalization is that [[https://mouse.mousetrap.net/blog/2021-12-12-Summer-vs-Winter-solar-harvest-.html|winter harvest will be about half]] of summer harvest.  
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 +==== believing 100w of panel will make 100w in all conditions ====
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 +100w of panel makes 100w under lab (ie, perfect) conditions.  [[electrical:solar:output|Actual harvest]] will be much lower on average.
  
 ==== believing solar makes zero watts in rain, overcast, etc ==== ==== believing solar makes zero watts in rain, overcast, etc ====
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