Off Grid Solar Power – How to Calculate Your Needs
Off Grid Solar Power – How to Calculate Your Needs
Are you trying to figure out how much power you’ll need from an off-grid solar power system? This video shows you how to calculate your energy needs to figure out exactly how many watts you need from your panels, what size of inverter and battery you should buy.
Solar Sizing Calculator Link: http://www.renogy.com/calculators
You can also check out how we installed our 300 Watt system in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEdSl…
and this blog post:
http://www.exploringalternatives.ca/w…
Thanks for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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soy much?
BRILLIANT ! NOW i can spec what size system i need to build 👍🏻😀
The best video that I’ve seen. Especially the info on the Renogy calculator. Thanks
I’d be interested to hear you explain why your solar panel is so dirty and hasn’t been cleaned yet.
5 hours of sunlight a day? dont you mean sunshine? If you only got 5 hours of light a day you are on Mars.
Very well done and informative Video, you articulated every so even a novice could understand and your links were very helpful, thanks for taking the time to educate a solar noob
The wattage of the power supply is often not representative of the actual power consumption. e.g. my macbook, which has a 60W power supply, consumes an average of 15Wh
Best I have seen on solor set up helps a lot thank you
Good work, this was well explained and easy to understand.
Great video. Answered my questions with ease after spending ages looking at options for my T4 and living in Portugal. Thank you
The best way to figure out how much power each device uses is to run in on a power meter like a "Kill-A-Watt" which you can pick up at harbor freight or Amazon for under $30. There are lots of Youtubes on how to use it. Basically you plug your appliance into the meter and plug the meter in the wall and it will tell you how many watts it is using. For example if I looked at the power adapter output of my laptop it would indicate 45 watts, however if you put it on the meter, you would find out that it only uses 15 watts!
Wow thank you so much , made it so simple and fast
This guy really help me demystify the huge language I want to do
You made me subscribe to you channel.
Interesting
I always come back to this video for guidance on solar!
Excellent … thank you
I wished he had turned the video sound up when he made this video. I guess my speakers are bad But I’m not junking a 1500 dollar computer. I found when making my videos 75 sound was good. I don’t know what any body else uses I just know that’s what worked for me. Thanks for the information that I really want to learn about. Because I believe S will HTF. With all United States protesting and such. The 4 horseman are coming. Read Revelations all the way through.
I did it quickly and efficiently with instructions from Avasva website.
Actually never look at the powerbrick or adapter the watts or amps on those only tells you what it can output not what it is using… Always look at the appliances…
use a killawatt to measure actual usage.
Check guide from Avasva eco blog.
Very well presented – thanks for posting.
Very well explained, thank you very much. I sincerely appreciate your time and experience.
Johnnie Lawson
agreed with Maxid1, this is very helpful to add to my next level of mass confusion that my brain needs, I will save it and come back soon, one love,
Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
The inverter explanation at the end was especially useful. Thanks for another great video.
Great video and to the point, no useless rambling. Subscribed.
Thanks for speaking slowly and not bouncing the camera around all over the place! I learned a lot and it has lessened some of the confusion!
Very cool. Thank you.
Thank you for making this so easy to understand!! 😃
Sj
What about wiring specs? What type and size wire do you use?
Oh thank goodness you made this .. your foot pump for the sink actually explains it in such a way that even the least handy person can completely get it ! I knew EXACTLY where to look for a solar set up thank you!!
Hi I wanted to say thank u for making it simple. I am off grid in my cargo trailer camper and I have watched a lot of videos which made it so confusing. I am so happy I found ur channel.
I am physically disabled and get around with a walker but I have to be careful how and what I set up to make it doable for me.
My question if I get a battery and solar generator would I be able to charge both my battery and solar generator at the same time off of 3/100 solar panels?
5 hours of sun a day?… that is sad bro
Thank you it help me out to size my needs. Thank you.
U did not calculate for the 7 days yeah?
On the Avasva you can count on professional help with problems and technical support.
hey ,if anyone else wants to discover energy solar try Magonsi Solar System Expert (just google it ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my friend got great results with it.
Excellent very very helpful. Few things i did not knew now i know. Thanks a lot …!! 🙏👍👍👍
Anyone used flexi panels ? My van fits inside my event shelter so I was going to fabricate some light widget bars to sit it on the top?
God bless you for this video ❤
looking for really good idea to make some diy stuffs ? go to Avasva
im sure you’ll build it yourself. I made it 2 weeks ago thanks to Avasva website.
Thank you so much for this video, it is very helpful and easy to understand especially for a person that is totally illiterate as far as solar goes.
I’d say just get the most that you can.
Best explanation of the subject on Youtube. So, I take it you don’t have an electric fridge or coolbox?
What about including a fridge that runs all day? How does that affect needs in power?
Awesome. Thanks for such clear explanation & great link with the calculator.
Thank you, very helpful