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Old 07-30-2017, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Branford
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Nice!! Thanks for the update! Looking forward to future updates. Between the wood stove and solar panels you're practically homesteading.


I used 818kWh last month (I use the A/C a lot and have 2 dehumidifiers in basement running)
My electric bill was over $250! Solar definitely is worth it but not if you plan on moving within 5 yrs.


BTW -- We've been cloudy since the Spring a lot. How has that affected power??
All the data is logged. You would love looking at and going through all of it.

Here is June and July's production data. You can see June was a lot sunnier. Though even if its raining and cloudy you still produce around 5-10 kwh. With a full sunny day with no clouds it will produce about 35 kwh.



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Old 07-30-2017, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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All the data is logged. You would love looking at and going through all of it.

Here is June and July's production data. You can see June was a lot sunnier. Though even if its raining and cloudy you still produce around 5-10 kwh. With a full sunny day with no clouds it will produce about 35 kwh.



Great info. Great Charts! Yeah, I would go nuts looking at all the data.


So if you used 400kWh in a month you would need at least 11 full sunny days? That's not bad. And if its 30 days of clouds and rain (which is rare to happen straight like that) you would produce 150-300. And of course that's with your current setup. More or less panels would change that.


How many Panels do you have? Size of them?
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