Whats the math for watts too amps
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2 amps * 12 volts = 24 watts. 2 15 watt panels should keep you running during the 4 – 6 hours of daylight. 6 panels and a golf cart battery should keep you running constantly. — Steve Spence http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com
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That was supposed to be "consistently", not "constantly", as your thermostat (you do have one?) should cycle the unit on and off as needed. — Steve Spence http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> 2 amps * 12 volts = 24 watts. > 2 15 watt panels should keep you running during the 4 – 6 hours of daylight. > 6 panels and a golf cart battery should keep you running constantly. > — > Steve Spence > http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com > 15 watt soler panels are on sale here this month? these are 12 volt > panels at 15 watts….I forget how you figure how many watts would it
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No thermostat yet…this is just one of those small coleman coolers…..it keeps 18 beer’s 20 degrees celcius coolder than ambient outside temp. I am not so sure I need a thermostat yet? during the day the night it has slightly froozen the beer’s on top. The deal is drink the ones from the bottom first. I rotate them all at once in the morning. Many times I have let this cooler run 24/3 on long weekends camping. Iam just getting tired of starting the truck to charge the trailer and truck batteries and I want bragging rights that the sun cooled my beers. I am running a test right now with two 15 watt panels and a 12 volt led acid truck battery. I think you are right about needing 6 panels for 24/7 operation. If I go that far I might as well get one of those standup thermoelectric coolers and use it at home. I use an average of 800 kw a month here…….I started turning off the breakers during the day when I am at work and have cut that down by about 300kw a month. I only turn off the breakers that are keeping the stereo tv computers cable boxes etc in standby. I counted 27 items that draw some current even when turned off. So I am now looking for a timer to turn off my main during working hours and hopefully have cold beer when I get home. lol I guess the sunneier it is the colder the beer will be. I am a bachelor so I dont keep food in the fridge anyways. I used to dream about running my house on soler and going off the grid but have had that dream shot down. At least I am off the grid for 50 hours a week 6 months a year. 300 kw is somewhere around 18.00 dollars canadian a month. I suppose if I got one of those wind up alarm clocks I could set the timer to shut off the main while I am sleeping 49 hours a week as well. cutting the power down another 300 kw or so. I am gonna get on that today. You know what the worst problem is……its the bloody cable box…..it works on two way and if it doesent send back data to the mother ship it gets shut off once a month so I will be putting them on sun power as well lol. I bought one of thoose cheap Candian tire inverters to do that. Hey wait a second than I wont need an new alarm clock I could put it on the same line as the cable boxes. I may sound like a nut here but I kid you not about saving about 3600 kw a year with a few panels and a timer. By the way I just posted this with sun power. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > That was supposed to be "consistently", not "constantly", as your thermostat > (you do have one?) should cycle the unit on and off as needed. > — > Steve Spence > http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com > 2 amps * 12 volts = 24 watts. > 2 15 watt panels should keep you running during the 4 – 6 hours of > daylight. > 6 panels and a golf cart battery should keep you running constantly. > — > Steve Spence > http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com > > 15 watt soler panels are on sale here this month? these are 12 volt > > panels at 15 watts….I forget how you figure how many watts would it
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a thermostat will cut down on your run times, and save your batteries. add a 12vdc fluorescent light (dollar general, $5) and a 12vdc boombox and your all set for camping. — Steve Spence http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> No thermostat yet…this is just one of those small coleman > coolers…..it keeps 18 beer’s 20 degrees celcius coolder than ambient > outside temp. I am not so sure I need a thermostat yet? during the day > the night it has slightly froozen the beer’s on top. The deal is drink > the ones from the bottom first. I rotate them all at once in the > morning. > Many times I have let this cooler run 24/3 on long weekends camping. Iam > just getting tired of starting the truck to charge the trailer and truck > batteries and I want bragging rights that the sun cooled my beers. I am > running a test right now with two 15 watt panels and a 12 volt led acid > truck battery. I think you are right about needing 6 panels for 24/7 > operation. If I go that far I might as well get one of those standup > thermoelectric coolers and use it at home. I use an average of 800 kw a > month here…….I started turning off the breakers during the day when > I am at work and have cut that down by about 300kw a month. I only turn > off the breakers that are keeping the stereo tv computers cable boxes > etc in standby. I counted 27 items that draw some current even when > turned off. So I am now looking for a timer to turn off my main during > working hours and hopefully have cold beer when I get home. lol I guess > the sunneier it is the colder the beer will be. I am a bachelor so I > dont keep food in the fridge anyways. I used to dream about running my > house on soler and going off the grid but have had that dream shot down. > At least I am off the grid for 50 hours a week 6 months a year. 300 kw > is somewhere around 18.00 dollars canadian a month. I suppose if I got > one of those wind up alarm clocks I could set the timer to shut off the > main while I am sleeping 49 hours a week as well. cutting the power down > another 300 kw or so. I am gonna get on that today. You know what the > worst problem is……its the bloody cable box…..it works on two way > and if it doesent send back data to the mother ship it gets shut off > once a month so I will be putting them on sun power as well lol. I > bought one of thoose cheap Candian tire inverters to do that. Hey wait a > second than I wont need an new alarm clock I could put it on the same > line as the cable boxes. I may sound like a nut here but I kid you not > about saving about 3600 kw a year with a few panels and a timer. By the > way I just posted this with sun power. > That was supposed to be "consistently", not "constantly", as your thermostat > (you do have one?) should cycle the unit on and off as needed. > — > Steve Spence > http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com > > 2 amps * 12 volts = 24 watts. > > 2 15 watt panels should keep you running during the 4 – 6 hours of > daylight. > > 6 panels and a golf cart battery should keep you running constantly. > > — > > Steve Spence > > http://www.beavercreekconsulting.com > > > 15 watt soler panels are on sale here this month? these are 12 volt > > > panels at 15 watts….I forget how you figure how many watts would it volts.
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