While looking at everything, I have a lot of general questions after reading posts in the forums and other articles to be sure I'm thinking about solar in the right way.
A solar panel and inverter seems like a generator that takes less effort and more space to make/use with a varying output because of the sun being it's fuel source and buffers could be used to steady the electricity they produce. Right?
Is an output at 12.5% of the rated watts on a solar panel with an inverter a good way to think about the minimum electricity produced and 80% as the max during daylight hours?
I'm asking because I was reading that solar panels could produce 15% of their rated watts in perpetually cloudy areas and the inverters can reduce the amount of watts that go in then out of them by 20%. The amount of hours in a year is about 8,765, but the calculated times for daylight and averaged cloudy (greater than 30% cloud cover) or not cloudy (less than 30% cloud cover) hours varied by location.
Is an output at 60% of the watt hours that go into a battery a general way of thinking about the minimum electricity that will be coming out and 90% as the max?
I'm asking this because I was reading about batteries reducing the amount of watt hours that go in then out of them depending on how they were charged and type.
Is there a way to charge a battery to 80% of it's rated watt hours in the same amount of time it would take to quick charge it to 100%?
I'm asking this because I was reading about how quick charging caused more wear/tear on batteries and charging at 80% of the rated watt hours takes about the same amount of time to charge the remaining 20%.
A solar panel and inverter seems like a generator that takes less effort and more space to make/use with a varying output because of the sun being it's fuel source and buffers could be used to steady the electricity they produce. Right?
Is an output at 12.5% of the rated watts on a solar panel with an inverter a good way to think about the minimum electricity produced and 80% as the max during daylight hours?
I'm asking because I was reading that solar panels could produce 15% of their rated watts in perpetually cloudy areas and the inverters can reduce the amount of watts that go in then out of them by 20%. The amount of hours in a year is about 8,765, but the calculated times for daylight and averaged cloudy (greater than 30% cloud cover) or not cloudy (less than 30% cloud cover) hours varied by location.
Is an output at 60% of the watt hours that go into a battery a general way of thinking about the minimum electricity that will be coming out and 90% as the max?
I'm asking this because I was reading about batteries reducing the amount of watt hours that go in then out of them depending on how they were charged and type.
Is there a way to charge a battery to 80% of it's rated watt hours in the same amount of time it would take to quick charge it to 100%?
I'm asking this because I was reading about how quick charging caused more wear/tear on batteries and charging at 80% of the rated watt hours takes about the same amount of time to charge the remaining 20%.
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