Advice for Off-Grid desert cabin

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  • System2
    System2 Posts: 6,290 admin
    #32
    Re: Advice for Off-Grid desert cabin

    How many solar panels do you think it would take to run an average size cabin?
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  • Cariboocoot
    Cariboocoot Banned Posts: 17,615 ✭✭✭
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    Re: Advice for Off-Grid desert cabin
    DIYSolarGuy wrote: »
    How many solar panels do you think it would take to run an average size cabin?

    None.

    Cabins don't use electricity, people do.

    Some of us lived in our cabins for many years without any solar panels or electricity at all.

    If you're going to use electricity, you need to know how much you're going to use before you can plan on any type of source.
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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Advice for Off-Grid desert cabin
    DIYSolarGuy wrote: »
    How many solar panels do you think it would take to run an average size cabin?

    How high is "up"?


    Start at the beginning, calculate your loads, and then work forward to how much PV/how much battery you need.

    Avoid the Ready, fire, aim syndrome!

    Tony
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