Solar panels on window sills and balconies can supply more power than you would think.

Although slightly off-topic, I decided to post this since it applies to balcony gardens and indoor small-scale gardens alike.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Tl;de no.

    The maximum energy production is thus roughly 400 Wh per day.

    The solar panels are connected in parallel and coupled to a solar charge controller and 550 Wh of lead-acid batteries. Assuming a 33% Depth-Of-Discharge (DoD) and a round-trip battery efficiency of 80%, this gives me a maximum energy storage of roughly 150 Wh

    Total electricity use in my office is (on average) 500 Wh per day

    But to the authors credit he does talk about what changes can be made around the house to do DC to DC conversation as opposed to DC to AC to DC conversation to minimise conversation loss.