I'm setting up an OFF GRID location in northeastern Washington State. 750 KWH/month, 62.5 AMPS using NEC calc., 224 sq feet. What should I get?
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Do lots more research before making any purchase. You saying 750KWH/month says to me (750 / 30) 25KWh/day. If that were solar panels, that would be about 12,500 Watts of solar panels in a 2 sun/hour day area. Somehow I expect you mean something else, tho some homes use that.
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I just read an article in Home Power Magazine that may help you get started the right way. Look up Home Power 157, October & November issue. The article is called "An Educated Move Off-Grid". A lot of people might respond to your question with questions, the big one would be What do you want to do with Solar Power? What are your needs? What is your amp load? All these are answered in this article, so you should do your best to get it asap, read it, and go from there.
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Anything is possible just depends on how much money you want to spend? you will need a pretty heavy duty inverter a large bank of batteries, multiple solar panels and charg controlers to accomplish the power required for Your conditioning unit. You should contract a PV contractor in your area for an estimate. I designed my system for a compete off grid application and it runs everything in my house
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Hi Richard. I have the 150w for my 75g and it is more than I need for my system. Bare in mind that I live in California and the weather does not get drastically cold. Good luck!
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That's a very tough math problem, James! Since you're using 0.015 kWh per day, that's 1 kWh every 67 days. Depending on your power company, 1 kWh probably costs you about 15 cents, so you'd be saving about $1.00 per year...not too impressive. The main reason I bought this was not to save money, but to make it possible to install a security light without needing an outlet.
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If you are out west, 400 AH @12 volts would be a good match. On the East coast, or in some place cloudy like the Pacific Northwest, you might want 600AH @ 12V. Since you want to use 6 Volt batteries, Trojan T-105 would be a good choice. Either 4 of these or six of these hooked up in pairs with a MPPT controller. However if you are asking this question, you might not be smart enough to wire these properly. Get an expert to help.
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700/800/1500 watt settings, thats about 13.5 amps, a standard residential circuit will handle it, IF there is nothing else being used on that circuit.
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Well that would depend on where you live and how cold your winters are I don't know how much power, per say I can only judge by the increase in my monthly bill, but i'd rather be warm and comfortable at any cost. Like anything electric use a surge protector always. It really does the job.
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WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot less (only $2.70/month) for that 1 hour/day. WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot... » Read More WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot less (only $2.70/month) for that 1 hour/day. « Show Less
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Depends on how much temp change you need. If your ambient room temp is in the high 60's or low 70's and you're looking to get closer to 80*, a 50 or 75 watt will work in a 30g. If you need more temp increase than that, or just want a more efficient heater, I'd look at a 100W.
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Absolutely not. Your HVAC runs @ 220 volts and around 30 to 40 amps. You will need to cover your roof and yard with panels. Then buy a $10k inverter a couple dozen batteries and some 2/0 copper conductors. Don't forget the transfer switch for a 200a service Then your city or county electrical permits.You get the idea.......
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Informal rule is twice the maximum load in Watts (for surges when certain equipment starts up). So 500W is all you'd need.
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Cold and hot. Two 30 Amp circuits are best (steam generator and pump). Use GCFI. There is an installation video on their website.
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Either 750 or 1500? I gave mine away (I bought two of them) after they blew 1978 California apartment fuses each time they were turned on. You need industrial wires for these guys.
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Cold and hot. Two 30 Amp circuits are best (steam generator and pump). Use GCFI.There is an installation video on their website.
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If you are purchasing a 10kw or higher you will have no trouble runnig them . The Nexus transfer switch has 3 load shedding curcirts for central air , electric heating and other equipment to hook up just keep track of the amount wattage you plan to run .I have a 10kw and I hooked it up to my service and when power goes out, Generac counts down and switchs over form Con Ed runnig a 3 story house with no trouble .Good Luck Mike
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The spec sheet from NETGEAR says BTU @ Full Power Supply Utilization is 31.7W (Ready NAS 102) 47W (Ready NAS 104). Power Off 1.0W/1.4W. You can check the spec here http://www.netgear.com/images/pdf/ReadyNAS_100_DS.pdf CONED price @ $0.27 per kWh , this will cost roughly $7/month. Hope this helps !! I am looking forward to buy this.