Before I retired, I worked and owned a few car audio/12v shops. we sold alarms, stereos, any and all accessories for vehicles. One item we sold and installed was inverters and did a few battery upgrades for RV's to accommodate them. It used to crack me up, RV'ers would come in and state that their needs were easy and simple: they just wanted to make coffee in the RV. - No big deal. (after all, the coffee maker weighs almost nothing how much juice could it need?) We would educate them about needing 2000w inverter, wire as thick as their wrist , and honkin batteries to provide the necessary grunt to run the coffee maker.
Oh yes… Consumers think that a flat screen television must need a lot of power since it’s so big, but an 1,800-watt hair dryer must use next to nothing since it’s so small. Don’t get me started on Air Fryers!
Solar panel logic. You said 400 watts of solar can make 1200-1500 W/H/Day. That would be a factor of about 3.3 where (Watts of Solar) x 3.3 = (Daily Output). I have always used a factor of 3 to estimate roof mounted solar output, (Flat) which has been pretty accurate during my non scientific testing in Florida. Shouldn't you be able to do quite a bit better with portables if you move them throughout the day?
Before I retired, I worked and owned a few car audio/12v shops. we sold alarms, stereos, any and all accessories for vehicles. One item we sold and installed was inverters and did a few battery upgrades for RV's to accommodate them. It used to crack me up, RV'ers would come in and state that their needs were easy and simple: they just wanted to make coffee in the RV. - No big deal. (after all, the coffee maker weighs almost nothing how much juice could it need?) We would educate them about needing 2000w inverter, wire as thick as their wrist , and honkin batteries to provide the necessary grunt to run the coffee maker.
Oh yes… Consumers think that a flat screen television must need a lot of power since it’s so big, but an 1,800-watt hair dryer must use next to nothing since it’s so small. Don’t get me started on Air Fryers!
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Solar panel logic. You said 400 watts of solar can make 1200-1500 W/H/Day. That would be a factor of about 3.3 where (Watts of Solar) x 3.3 = (Daily Output). I have always used a factor of 3 to estimate roof mounted solar output, (Flat) which has been pretty accurate during my non scientific testing in Florida. Shouldn't you be able to do quite a bit better with portables if you move them throughout the day?
Yes, but I’m too lazy for that! 🤣