<div dir="ltr" gmail_original="1"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A 460W panel will be fine for this client with a 5120 Wh battery. We can get about 2,000 Wh of charging on an average day here, and they would never burn anywhere close to half a tank of electrons in a day. The use case is for an island retreat where they spend a week there, and then it will sit unused for months at a time. They can probably get through the whole week without charging at all in case the weather is bad. I'm going to recommend a Chargeverter with a portable generator for emergency backup charging.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">
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<pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pretty small footprint on a cart. Done quite a few shipping containers but maybe this article might show what they are doing in Europe.<br>DIY home power may spread with the tax credits going away. <br><br>It already has!<br><br><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Solar panels that fit on your balcony or deck are gaining traction in the US</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="https://apnews.com/article/balcony-plug-solar-climate-energy-renewable-trump-c162abf520da0fa155dc971270b8684a?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=share" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/bal<wbr>cony-plug-solar-climate-energy<wbr>-renewable-trump-c162abf520da0<wbr>fa155dc971270b8684a?utm_<wbr>source=Email&utm_medium=share</a><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Small-scale solar panels about the size of a door are poised to be plugged into more U.S. homes and apartments as homeowners and renters who want to harness the sun’s energy look for cheaper alternatives to rooftop installations. </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
"we go where powerlines don't"
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<div dir="auto">I would love to get some tips on that. I'm surprised a quick search did not bring up a lot of kits. </div>
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