Using a kilowatt meter, 2- 32 watt T8 fluorescents seem to be taking 54 Watts or 95 VA. Two of those shop light fixtures or a total of 4-32 watt bulbs seems to float at 70 or 95 Watts according to the solar monitoring system. Question number 1 how much power are they using? Question number 2 is the level a solar system floats at an indication of how much power the Appliance being powered is using?
How much electricity is really being used or produced?
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Using a kilowatt meter, 2- 32 watt T8 fluorescents seem to be taking 54 Watts or 95 VA. Two of those shop light fixtures or a total of 4-32 watt bulbs seems to float at 70 or 95 Watts according to the solar monitoring system. Question number 1 how much power are they using? Question number 2 is the level a solar system floats at an indication of how much power the Appliance being powered is using?
Power of watts is what you are after. Volt-Amps apparent power. So if your meter says it is consuming 54 watts and 95 VA means the lights are highly inductive with a Power Factor of 54 watts / 95 VA = PF .56 which is very poor.
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If you measuring the usage with kill-a-watt meters the readings will probably be slightly different than the solar monitor would have you think.
How are you accounting for other/vampire loads ?
Ya' know, monitoring systems of most any type are not completely accurate, some less accurate than others. They may mot be suitable to measure what amounts to fly spec size differences.Comment
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