How To Size A Solar Panel Array

Determine your average monthly kwh usage.

How to size a solar panel array.

This works out to 15 sixty cell 275 285 watt solar panels or 12 seventy two cell 350 watt solar panels. We then took 11 000 kwh and divided it by the respective ratios and then divided that number by 250 the typical panel wattage. The number of watt hours wh you plan to produce in one day. The insolation value at your location.

Your charge controller should be rated for this. The final calculation for the array size in number of panels to use is below. 8900 divided by 205 43 4 panels. Gather the kilowatt hours kwh usage from your electric bill.

For that take the low end of the mpp range in this case 270v and divide by the vmp of the panel 39 28. Enter the distance in feet from your solar panels to your battery bank charge controller. First we want to calculate the minimum number of panels we should put in a string. A 2 000 square foot home in california may need 23 sixty cell panels or 18 larger seventy two cell solar panels to be energy efficient.

N ext we take the total anticipated energy production and divide that number by the panel size in watts. The controller size is then 1000 24 41 67 amps. All we have to do is find the current through the controller by using power voltage x current. Take the power produced by the solar panels and divide by the voltage of the batteries.

A solar array is producing 1 kw and charging a battery bank of 24v. Add up your kwh usage for 12 months and divide by 12 to figure out your average monthly. Enter the total amps that your solar panels will produce all together. To match that energy requirement a 4 23kw system solar system is required.

Our test system will use 205 watt solar panels. 8 9 x 1000 8900 watts. To estimate the size of your solar array you ll need to know. Find your minimum string size.

The voltage of the solar array will be v in series x but 25 is added to this since that value is for 25 c standard test conditions and actual temperatures may be colder at times solar panels are more efficient when colder giving a solar array voltage of v. Calculate your kwh usage. In order to find a range for number of solar panels we compared arizona and maine s solar panel production ratios 1 31 and 1 61 the highest and lowest in the u s.