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ASU2003 · 02-23-2011, 02:58 PM

I am doing this next month at a friends house in AZ. I am also going to install this on my house in Ohio in April/May to see how much difference there is, plus if there are things I can add in Ohio to boost the sunlight amount.

Here is what the plan is:

+ 3x 195W solar panels (585W) SUN Solar Panel 195 Watts 17.60 Vmp SUN ES-B-195-FB1 [SUN-SV-T-195] - $329.55 : Solar Panels, Inverters and PV Systems | Worlds Lowest Price, Powered by Nature!
+ 3 radio shack 1N4001 Diodes to keep power from following the wrong way at night
+ ?Solar combiner box? (not sure this is needed for three panels)
+ Liquid tight flex tubing (outdoors, and into a separate outdoor electrical box)
+ 12 gauge copper wire (should be able to handle 600W)
+ Outdoor box to house grid tie inverter
+ 800W grid tie inverter (hopefully it won't get as hot as a 600W one and be more efficent)

800w grid tie power inverter solar panel wind turbine - eBay (item 230588252291 end time Feb-24-11 19:06:26 PST)

(and other places have these or others)
Then it gets plugged into an outlet or hard wired into the breaker box (15A fuse).

There is also a PowerJack 1200W one that takes 24V solar panels that looks nice. So, some of these things might change.

I have to do quite a bit more research still. I will also need to come up with some type of aluminum frame to mount them to the roof.

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I would guess that these are close to the numbers you will see:
LED Lights 5W each = 15W
Ceiling Fan = 50W (variable based on speed, my room fan in 4W, 20W, 32W)
LCD TV = 210W
Cable Box = 120W (use Kil-A-Watt meter to check if any different in stand-by mode)
DVD player = 30W (guess, use a meter or look on the back to see if it says Amp or Watts)
Laptop = 35W (mine could be as low as 11W or much higher if the battery needs recharged)
Desktop = 85W
17" LCD monitor = 30W
?Router? = 5W

So that is about 580W for an estimated total. So during the daytime when it is sunny you could be off the grid and running it all. But since you have the grid, you are basically just putting back energy and using what you need when you need it.

02-23-2011, 02:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	I am doing this next month at a friends house in AZ. I am also going to install this on my house in Ohio in April/May to see how much difference there is, plus if there are things I can add in Ohio to boost the sunlight amount. Here is what the plan is: + 3x 195W solar panels (585W) SUN Solar Panel 195 Watts 17.60 Vmp SUN ES-B-195-FB1 [SUN-SV-T-195] - $329.55 : Solar Panels, Inverters and PV Systems \| Worlds Lowest Price, Powered by Nature! + 3 radio shack 1N4001 Diodes to keep power from following the wrong way at night + ?Solar combiner box? (not sure this is needed for three panels) + Liquid tight flex tubing (outdoors, and into a separate outdoor electrical box) + 12 gauge copper wire (should be able to handle 600W) + Outdoor box to house grid tie inverter + 800W grid tie inverter (hopefully it won't get as hot as a 600W one and be more efficent) 800w grid tie power inverter solar panel wind turbine - eBay (item 230588252291 end time Feb-24-11 19:06:26 PST) 800w grid tie power inverter solar panel wind turbine - eBay (item 230588252291 end time Feb-24-11 19:06:26 PST) (and other places have these or others) Then it gets plugged into an outlet or hard wired into the breaker box (15A fuse). There is also a PowerJack 1200W one that takes 24V solar panels that looks nice. So, some of these things might change. I have to do quite a bit more research still. I will also need to come up with some type of aluminum frame to mount them to the roof. ------------------ I would guess that these are close to the numbers you will see: LED Lights 5W each = 15W Ceiling Fan = 50W (variable based on speed, my room fan in 4W, 20W, 32W) LCD TV = 210W Cable Box = 120W (use Kil-A-Watt meter to check if any different in stand-by mode) DVD player = 30W (guess, use a meter or look on the back to see if it says Amp or Watts) Laptop = 35W (mine could be as low as 11W or much higher if the battery needs recharged) Desktop = 85W 17" LCD monitor = 30W ?Router? = 5W So that is about 580W for an estimated total. So during the daytime when it is sunny you could be off the grid and running it all. But since you have the grid, you are basically just putting back energy and using what you need when you need it.