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To: Nachum

That 6 kW is probably midday, summer, sunny - the total of the panels’ rated output. Usable output will be a fraction of that. And, I doubt that they have a battery bank and an inverter. The panels are probably just tied into the grid where there will be zero noticeable difference in the Hut’s monthly utility bill.

Sham.


8 posted on 05/11/2014 11:35:26 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: NewHampshireDuo

My 100 watt panels put out within 5% of that most of the year — say 8-9 months — when it is sunny and I’m at 46°N. At peak they can go over rating by 10% or so.


18 posted on 05/11/2014 11:45:21 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

Of course, to get the output I reported in #18, the panel orientation has to track the sun — and even then it isn’t going to be for very many hours each day once you get much away from June in the northern hemisphere.


23 posted on 05/11/2014 11:57:05 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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