The solar panels on top of my campervan have generated 1 megawatt hour of energy as of today

Not original OP, but providing to the community.

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mountainCalledMonkey@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

let us know when you reach 1.21 gigawatts

Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Via Western Union if necessary.

MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Gonna need a serious power station for that flux capacitor, maybe check GearScouts to find one with the best $/Wh value before you attempt time travel in that campervan lol.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 2y

This is also the top comment on the original OPs post.

rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

Gosh, I didn't know this group existed! I have no way of keeping track of that. Pretty cool, Thanks for sharing!

fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Interesting. I'd never looked at my "lifetime" numbers before; I am keenly interested in daily harvests to understand the power budget but haven't thought about the overall harvest.

Caveat: mine are higher, relative to size, because I live in the vehicle and so place more loads on the system. The rig has had two setups

  • 570w array for the first 1,630 days = 2.82MWh
  • 750w array for last 457 days = 0.89MWh
  • total 3.71MWh
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

What was the driving factor for moving up in size?

fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I physically damaged one of the 3x 190w in that array. Since the originals were obscure NOS I couldn't find another one to replace it. It was summertime so I was able to get by with 380w but that would not be sufficient to meet needs during other seasons.

So I started looking for replacements that would fill the available space. I ended up with 3x of the Trina 250w that flooded the market, the ones that Will Prowse would make famous in his video.

I made the swap on BLM land outside Las Cruces, NM and donated the 2x 190w to a family in a skoolie the next camp over. They had a 2x 100w set out so I figured they could use them. The deal was they had to come over and carry them them, I wasn't going to deliver. :-)

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 2 pts · 2y

Love all of that.

tupalos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Where are you located? That seems like a lot for just a couple of days.

optissima@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

What app is this?

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 2y

Not my rig, but given the branding I'm guessing thats a Victron system. @agent641@lemmy.world would have to confirm.

fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y