I live in sunny Tucson, Arizona.A solar power paradise, payback very fast I should imagine...
Well my nano setup hit boost voltage on the battery for the first time. Panel voltage shot up, amps fell, battery pinned at 14.40V, so rapidly found things to charge off it. I now have a pile of charged LiPos. No point wasting sunlight. I expect I'll be needing it next few days look rubbish and it can be cloudy for weeks at a time here, so having an energy stock pile helps.Sounds like your ready for anything the atlantic has coming to you, forecast for later this week not to good over here in the east either. So hopefully this will encourage you now we are past the spring equinox the worst part of the year is done with and it's make hay while the sun shines
payback very fast I should imagine where here in northern europe it's a real struggle to make it economic. Many years ago the subsidies were very much higher but I dont see many new installations going in now, ok for those already on high subsidies as I seem to remember they were fixed for 25 years..........
Good thing is it will help me explain to my wife why I decided to cut down on the vacuuming :-)
Jeebs my average household energy use barely cracks 10kWHr
That boiler uses little energy then. Our (natural gas) CV from 2011 uses at least 2 kWh per day in cold weather. On a yearly basis this turns out to be one of the most energy consuming devices in our house. The oven with the occasional steak and Guinness stew does not come close, that's for sure.
I always blame the fridge. My "gaming" PC is about 5 years old and draws 100W surfing
I always blame the fridge. My "gaming" PC is about 5 years old and draws 100W surfing
5 years you might be okay, but around that time the PC hardware folks came under serious scrutiny about power usage of devices.
I was spec'ing a gaming system back then that needed a 650W power supply. The next system, 3 years ago I was worried I'd be looking at 1000W PSU, but... as it turns out the new one consumed less.
It's the video card that churns through the power when running flat out. I believe mine consumes something like 200W at full tilt, the CPU up to 220W.
Monitors and TVs have become much more efficient too. I have two monitors here. Both Acer. A 24" 16:9 and a 34" 21:9 1440p. Guess which consumes more power? The smaller one as it's about 4 years older. When it's been on for a while it's about 50*C at the top vent. The larger, newer monitor even runs off a DC brick and is barely more than ambient at it's exhaust vent.
Monitors and TVs have become much more efficient too. I have two monitors here. Both Acer. A 24" 16:9 and a 34" 21:9 1440p. Guess which consumes more power? The smaller one as it's about 4 years older. When it's been on for a while it's about 50*C at the top vent. The larger, newer monitor even runs off a DC brick and is barely more than ambient at it's exhaust vent.My Seiki 50" 4K only uses about 40W. Of course, it really is more of a monitor than a TV with very limited ability to play media by itself. Basic upscaling can use surprisingly little power, however - a Tegra X1 can upscale 1080p to 4K on just 6W. A desktop GPU will easily outdo it in upscaling quality, though. (I have to admit that I have no idea how much power my 970 uses just doing 1080p to 4K upscaling since I started mining Curecoin/Foldingcoin well before I found content that really does call for good upscaling.)
Hey guy's thanks for the info I didnt realise LED display's saved so much compared with CCFL's.
As a panel owner you got to love the spring: another 38.8 kWh (5.3 kWh / kW) day I just GOT to replace that inverter to get this to 40k...