Grants Pass TV Repair | Solar Power With No Visible Sun. @GrantsPassTVRepair | Uploaded 6 months ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Since I live in Southern Oregon, where the winters can long and rainy, and the clouds often block the sun for several days at a time, I've often wondered if solar panels would be of much use here. So as an experiment I installed a couple solar panels on my truck, and monitored their output, just to see what kind of energy I could produce in the winter season. What I discovered surprised me. Even though my panels have the potential of producing 10 amperes of power, In the winter months with no sunshine I can still produce enough energy to be useful when the clouds are covering the sun, and I've seen my power fluctuate between 3 tenths of an amp and up to 4 amperes, depending on how heavy the cloud cover is. Since I mainly wanted a back up power supply to keep my 12 volt batteries charged. I feel quite comfortable that my 2 panels are enough to keep my batteries charged for emergencies.
Since I live in Southern Oregon, where the winters can long and rainy, and the clouds often block the sun for several days at a time, I've often wondered if solar panels would be of much use here. So as an experiment I installed a couple solar panels on my truck, and monitored their output, just to see what kind of energy I could produce in the winter season. What I discovered surprised me. Even though my panels have the potential of producing 10 amperes of power, In the winter months with no sunshine I can still produce enough energy to be useful when the clouds are covering the sun, and I've seen my power fluctuate between 3 tenths of an amp and up to 4 amperes, depending on how heavy the cloud cover is. Since I mainly wanted a back up power supply to keep my 12 volt batteries charged. I feel quite comfortable that my 2 panels are enough to keep my batteries charged for emergencies.
