Larry "The Solar Toolman" Shows You How to Get Started With The Harbor Freight Solar Kit

Please take a minute to watch Larry "The Solar Toolman" in this great video on how to get started creating your own solar energy using the Harbor Freight 45 Watt Solar Kit. They are key to understanding the limitations of the Harbor Freight kit. For you more experienced Harbor Freight guys it might seem like a refresher.

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How Much Sunlight is Available Where You Live?

This solar sunlight availability chart shows the average hours of DNI (Direct Normal Irradiance). Of course diffuse, reflected and refracted light as well as "high angle of incidence" radiation can still be collected. To estimate the net daily production of a stationary solar panel facing south and elevated to an angle to match the latitude, a good rule of thumb is to simply multiply the peak watts (as stated on the solar panels UL Listing) by the above DNI values for your area. This calculation will provide a conservative estimate of the average net daily production of a solar panel. Indirect insolation and high angle insolation (early morning and late afternoon) is disregarded in this simple calculation so as to offset average power losses due to wiring resistance, battery or inverter loss etc. As an example, a 225 watt solar panel in Baltimore MD could be expected to produce approximately 1kWh (one kilowatt hour or 1000 watt hours) of net average power per day, (225 x 4.5= 1012.5).

For exact solar irradiance (solar DNI, solar insolation) information, check out this zip code based solar energy calculator

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Sundance 80 Watt Do It Yourself Solar Energy Kit

So you want to get started making your own solar energy, you've got the do it yourself spirit running through your blood. But you don't want to pick and choose those parts one at a time? Well this just might be for you. We found this perfect solar energy kit for those looking to get started in solar electricity with an easy to build do it yourself kit.

Perfect for powering a small cabin system, back up emergency power, boat, or RV. Includes: Sharp 80 Watt Framed Solar Panel with 25 year limited warranty SunSaver6 Charge Controller 55 amp hour AGM sealed battery 300 Watt Modified Sine Wave DC to AC Inverter 12V female lighter socket with cable and fuse 20 ft. solar output cable What amount of power can be produced with this system?

This 80 watt solar panel = 4.63 amps of solar energy per hour of direct sun. 4.63 X 5 hours of direct sun = about 23 amp-hrs per day 23 AH X 7 days/ week = 162 amp-hours per week. 162 X 12V = about 1944 watt-hours of energy in one week. If you have more sun (in summer) then you have more power, if you have less sun (in winter), then you have less power. A few examples of power usage of some devices: Laptop computers: 40-90 watts per hour of use. 19" TV: 95 watts 17" monitor: 120 watts 17" LCD monitor: 40 watts Box fans: up to 100 watts Radio: 20-75 watts

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