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@nomadave@neurodifferent.meErgh, I didn't plan for the power being used during the day when I built my solar setup.
Only about half of my solar output is going to charging the batteries... the rest is just going to normal power usage.
Well... time to add more panels :D
@nomadave how many kwh do you get off 1 panel?
@sebian The panels I have are 175W, so in theory 1 panel should produce approx 875Wh on a sunny day.
I've got 8 panels and they produced 5-6 kWh daily the last couple of days.
@nomadave Decent! How are you measuring your daily usage if you are?
@sebian Being off-grid right now, all of my usage is being powered by my inverter, and I have a monitoring system in place for my whole solar/electrical setup that tells me daily consumption, solar production, etc.
The last couple of days I've consumed 6-7kWh per day and I've produced slightly less than that. Not a sustainable setup, haha
@nomadave I'd imagine! How much do panels run you? Could you just hop on craigslist and get any old panel and wire it into your system or do you need specific ones? ;o
@sebian You can get panels for pretty cheap, but when you're building an array they all have to be the same make and model, or at least have the same specs. There's sites (I can't remember off the top of my head) that sell refurbished panels at a great price.
That being said, I had concerns about weight and mounting regular, rigid panels on my RV, so I spent a bit extra for lightweight, flexible panels. They're a fraction of the weight and I didn't have to drill a bunch of holes in my roof to mount them.