The Jungle is self-supported by showing advertisements via Google Adsense.
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show significantly less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show significantly less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Questions or concerns about this ad? Take a screenshot and comment in the thread. We do value your feedback.
|
Solar Power?
|
Quote:you could but your average A/C central air unit runs on 5,000 watts per hour of operation. Say you run it only 12 hours a day that's 35,000 watts per day. To get that production from solar wattage you would need 41 (250 watt) solar panels at about $200 bucks a pop so about $8000 in just the panels. A watt is a unit of energy per time, so a 5,000 watt AC unit will require 5,000 watts of solar panels == 20 panels. Since AC usage is highest when the sun is beating down on the roof, one probably wouldn't need much more than that. Offsetting the AC is probably the 2nd best use of solar, after heating water. The water is heated directly from sunlight, so conversion to electricity is not needed in that case, which makes it more efficient. It's still more expensive than electricity delivered by the power company, but if it makes someone feel good about being 'green' then that has value too. "Why should I give information to you when all you want to do is find something wrong with it?" |
| Messages In This Thread |
|
Solar Power? - by hendershot - 01-20-2014, 12:49 PM
Solar Power? - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-20-2014, 12:52 PM
Solar Power? - by hendershot - 01-20-2014, 12:54 PM
Solar Power? - by Senor Fantastico - 01-20-2014, 01:16 PM
Solar Power? - by knarnn - 01-20-2014, 01:57 PM
Solar Power? - by rollerjag - 01-20-2014, 02:29 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-20-2014, 02:59 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-20-2014, 03:00 PM
Solar Power? - by RicoTx - 01-20-2014, 03:13 PM
Solar Power? - by MalabarJag - 01-20-2014, 04:11 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-20-2014, 05:37 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-20-2014, 05:42 PM
Solar Power? - by VisitingCobra - 01-21-2014, 12:28 PM
Solar Power? - by hendershot - 01-21-2014, 01:39 PM
Solar Power? - by NYC4jags - 01-21-2014, 02:50 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-21-2014, 05:24 PM
Solar Power? - by Senor Fantastico - 01-21-2014, 06:01 PM
Solar Power? - by boudreaumw - 01-21-2014, 06:17 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-21-2014, 06:20 PM
Solar Power? - by Vicbow Rules - 01-21-2014, 07:10 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-21-2014, 09:37 PM
Solar Power? - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-21-2014, 09:44 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-21-2014, 10:19 PM
Solar Power? - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-21-2014, 10:21 PM
Solar Power? - by Adam2012 - 01-22-2014, 12:21 AM
Solar Power? - by VisitingCobra - 01-22-2014, 12:51 AM
Solar Power? - by rollerjag - 01-22-2014, 03:22 PM
Solar Power? - by JaG4LyFe - 01-24-2014, 12:08 PM
Solar Power? - by NacD - 01-24-2014, 03:09 PM
Solar Power? - by xJAGGYx - 01-24-2014, 03:13 PM
Solar Power? - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-24-2014, 03:13 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-24-2014, 03:56 PM
Solar Power? - by the Chiefjag - 01-25-2014, 06:36 PM
Solar Power? - by homebiscuit - 01-25-2014, 06:40 PM
Solar Power? - by Adam2012 - 01-25-2014, 07:06 PM
Solar Power? - by the Chiefjag - 01-25-2014, 07:27 PM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-25-2014, 07:53 PM
Solar Power? - by homebiscuit - 01-25-2014, 07:58 PM
Solar Power? - by the Chiefjag - 01-25-2014, 08:05 PM
Solar Power? - by Adam2012 - 01-25-2014, 11:33 PM
Solar Power? - by Caldrac - 01-26-2014, 10:11 AM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-26-2014, 11:22 AM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-26-2014, 11:31 AM
Solar Power? - by MalabarJag - 01-28-2014, 12:17 AM
Solar Power? - by MalabarJag - 01-28-2014, 12:50 AM
Solar Power? - by MalabarJag - 01-28-2014, 12:59 AM
Solar Power? - by EricC85 - 01-28-2014, 08:04 AM
Solar Power? - by the Chiefjag - 01-28-2014, 08:38 PM
|
| Users browsing this thread: |
| 1 Guest(s) |
The Jungle is self-supported by showing advertisements via Google Adsense.
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Please consider disabling your advertisement-blocking plugin on the Jungle to help support the site and let us grow!
We also show less advertisements to registered users, so create your account to benefit from this!
Questions or concerns about this ad? Take a screenshot and comment in the thread. We do value your feedback.