Forest Cabin Solar System

Electrical Demands (energyusecalculator.com)

• Fridge (24h) 175 watts 4.2 kWh

• Miele vacuum up to (0.5h) 1200 watts 0.4 kWh

• Laptop (8h) 60W 0.48 kWh

• Ceiling fan (6h) 75W 0.45 KWh

• LCD Lights (multiple for 4h) 10W 0.20 kWh

• Cell phone charger (5h x 2) 5W 0.05 kWh

• Cell phone booster (24h) 6W ).14 kWh

• Mini Sump Pump 300W, 2.3 amp

• Overall Need: 5.92 kWh

• (Gas Generator: Septic Pump 800W)

Electrical Capacity

• Batteries

  • Trojan 1.18 kWh per battery: at 80% performance and 4 batteries allow 1kWh per battery for 4 kWh overall.

Enclosure Heater (24V car heater and thermostat)

• Components

  • UKCOCO Digital Temperature Thermostat Controller 24V 240W 10A

    • Set start temp lower than stop temp for heating mode (detection range -50 to 110 C

    • Press "UP" button to show the starting temperature. Long press UP until the display flashes to set the start temperature value.

    • Press "DOWN" button to show the stop temperature. Long press until the display flashes to set the stop temperature value.

  • Constant Temperature PTC Electric Fan Heater 24V 150W