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Originally Posted by Zachstar
What are you talking about? AC=Air conditioner.. You don't need THAT many cells to cut half of its use. Especially a modern one.
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My friend I work in this industry. In fact I am a professional.
I know how much current an air conditioner can draw, even a one with an extremly high seer.
Your solar cell sysem might be enough to run that AC through the night depending on where you live. But thats about it. Maybe a few light bulbs too in fact. Dont even think about roasting a chicken in a electric range that would sap the batterys before the chicken was done.
But thats about it.
Not to mention the banks of batteries and inverter system. Not cheap. The heavy metals involved is enough to give a tree hugger a cold sweat.
Im telling you solar to electric is just not there yet.
I see lots of 'cute' applications for solar electric systems. Lighted bus stops. School crossing signs etc. Ive even seen billboards with solar powered lighting systems (they quite often fail in the first year). Given the right conditions these novelties work quite well.
We installed a lighted pedestrian crossing system at a local campus here. Solar powered, led lamps for the 'warning' lights.
It failed miserabaly. Just too much traffic day and night the system could not keep up. We ended up running a circuit to a battery charger.
No solar to electric on a commercial scale is pie in the sky at this time.