Solar panels harbor freight

[doublecrossranch]

There are a whole lot of young Bliss Ninnies (and a few older ones) that believe that the MAGIC OF SOLAR will cure all our energy problems.
They never take into account all the problems with it.
Even with the most advanced solar cells that we've put on other planets, IT AIN'T HAPPENING ANY TIME SOON.






Well?
I'm waiting.

Oh come on sure it does. Lol.

 

[wolfwalker]

My whole farm runs on solar, so it doable and as long as you take into account and are watchful, not an issue.

Before even thinking of the panels, you need to compute the battery bank and inverter draw. the draw is the ghost or the energy used when in standby mode and when producing power.

You need to size your battery bank to do what you want.

then size your solar panels to charge your battery bank.

I have enough solar panels that it will fully charge my batteries in an hour on a sunny day and two hours on an overcast day. Of course I live in southern Arizona, so I do have the sun working for me.

during the day, all heavy draws of energy are run so the panels can run them. at night, only what is needed is run so the batteries last. and one of the things that runs is a standard household refrigerator.

the main issue your question brings up that we really can't answer for you, is what your peak solar hours are, which will when properly sized to solar panels tell you how many to charge your batteries in an appropriate amount of time. if all you are doing is the heater, well and fine. But i run everything from the refrigerator to computers to well pump, well everything a house needs and my system is sized to recharge my batteries in an hour. which for me is 8 125 watt panels

 

[aart]

Of course I live in southern Arizona, so I do have the sun working for me.

An understatement

 

[EggWalrus]

My whole farm runs on solar, so it doable and as long as you take into account and are watchful, not an issue.

Before even thinking of the panels, you need to compute the battery bank and inverter draw. the draw is the ghost or the energy used when in standby mode and when producing power.

You need to size your battery bank to do what you want.

then size your solar panels to charge your battery bank.

I have enough solar panels that it will fully charge my batteries in an hour on a sunny day and two hours on an overcast day. Of course I live in southern Arizona, so I do have the sun working for me.

during the day, all heavy draws of energy are run so the panels can run them. at night, only what is needed is run so the batteries last. and one of the things that runs is a standard household refrigerator.

the main issue your question brings up that we really can't answer for you, is what your peak solar hours are, which will when properly sized to solar panels tell you how many to charge your batteries in an appropriate amount of time. if all you are doing is the heater, well and fine. But i run everything from the refrigerator to computers to well pump, well everything a house needs and my system is sized to recharge my batteries in an hour. which for me is 8 125 watt panels

Like I said in an earlier post, it's possible. But you need the money, the brains, and reasonable expectations.
Solar doesn't run on Rainbow Flavored Unicorn Farts.


It took a whole lotta work and knowledge to get a farm to work on solar.

 

[doublecrossranch]

Like I said in an earlier post, it's possible. But you need the money, the brains, and reasonable expectations

I have 2 out of 3 of these. Lol

 

[EggWalrus]

I have 2 out of 3 of these. Lol

Lol!

 

[blackdog043]

I wouldn't be to concerned about adding heat at 50 degrees for your chicks.
When I raise chicks in my coop, they stop using the mama heat pad by 4 weeks, with low - mid 50's at night. I took my brooder down last spring when they were 4 weeks old and made a lower roost for them. About 6 weeks old, they started getting up on the roost with the big girls.