Your guide to smart, optimal, self-sufficient energy.
Your guide to smart, optimal, self-sufficient energy.
Compared to other appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners, TVs don’t use a lot of electricity and can run for hours on a single 12V-100Ah battery. However, there are a couple of factors that determine exactly how long that…
The size of the inverter you need to run a TV depends on the amount of power that the TV uses, which itself, depends on the size and type of the TV. For example, will a 400-watt inverter run a…
There are many types and sizes of TVs, so, if the question is “how many watts does a tv use?”, the answer is “it depends on the TV”. However, there are a couple of ways to determine the power usage…
The amount of solar power that you need to run your grow lights can be calculated using the daily energy consumption of your grow lights, and the amount of sunlight that you receive in your location. However, in addition to…
A 7kW rating on a solar system means that the system is potentially capable of producing 7 kilowatts (7000 watts) of power at a given moment. But this amount of power production is not guaranteed and would require a certain…
With the right weather and enough sunlight, at a given moment, a 10kW solar system is capable of producing 10 kilowatts, which is a substantial amount of power. However, what you pay for at the end of the month, and…
A 12kW solar system is a relatively large system and would produce a relatively high amount of energy. However, the exact amount of energy that a 12kW solar system produces would depend on the amount of sunlight that it receives.…
Air conditioners are known for their huge energy consumption, however, it is very much possible to run an AC unit on solar power. But is 100 watts of solar power enough? In this article, I’ll try to provide some insights…
The amount of solar power or the number of solar panels that you need to run your air conditioner would mainly depend on 2 factors: The daily energy consumption of your air conditioner. The average amount of sunlight that your…
3 ton air conditioners consume a substantial amount of energy, yet it is still possible to offset that amount of energy consumption with solar. But the question remains, how much solar do you need? The amount of solar power or…
The amount of solar power that you need to run an 8000 BTU will mainly depend on the energy consumption of the AC unit, which itself depends on other factors such as run time and temperature. However, solar panels are…
The process of sizing a solar array can be boiled down to 2 steps: Determining the daily energy consumption (in kWh) that you need to offset Determining the average amount of energy you’ll be receiving from the sun (Peak Sun…
