Oh My God, Becky, look at his Solar Array, it is so big! ;)We decided to fill out our solar array this year. We got eight panels on a 14 panel mount last fall. Last week we added the other six panels to complete the array. This puts us at 14 x 170 = 2380 watts! The solar installers said this was the biggest single mount they've ever done.
Before the solar power came in, our generator would run 2-3 times per day for 3-4 hours. With the eight panels, our generator still needed to run once each night. Well, two days ago, we had our first all solar day. We got enough power into the batteries during the day to last us all night!!!
Since then, we've had some partly cloudy days, so I don't have a lot of data with which to establish a pattern. However, even if we only last all night every other day, that is still cutting generator run-time in half! At that rate, these panels will pay for themselves pretty quick.
BTW, my little friend in the picture is none other than Chico. Here's a bonus picture of the little bugger. :)
2 comments:
Whoo, whee...you know how a love a man with a big solar array.
Very impressive, but can it cook?
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