Monthly Energy Balance: Surplus, Deficit & Generator Top-Up
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You compare solar yield and load month by month, turn the daily balance into kWh per month, add up the generator hours needed in the deficit months and chart the year.
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Lessons in this course
- The Load List: Watts, Hours, Wh per Day & Surge Locked
- Choosing 12, 24 or 48 V: System Voltage and Currents Locked
- Sizing the Battery Bank: Autonomy, Depth of Discharge & Strings Locked
- Sizing the Solar Array: Peak Sun Hours, Derate & Cold String Voltage Locked
- Charge Controller: Current Rating, Margin and PWM vs MPPT Locked
- Monthly Energy Balance: Surplus, Deficit & Generator Top-Up Locked
- DC Cables: Cross-Section, Voltage Drop & Fuse Size Locked
- Costs: System Price, Cost per kWh and Payback vs a Generator Locked