[Cob] 45 watt solar panel

[Gergo Szekely]

What size of battery would you use to store the output of this 45W solar panel? 
I am in similar situation, I am trying to move into a camper for next year for 
attending as many natural building projects as I can, and I am investigating my 
options with solar for lighting and computer use. I have figured out that I will 
need a deep cycle battery and it seems like the most easily reachable place can 
hold a 44 Ah battery, so I am wondering if that would be enough or I need to 
find another spot that could host a bigger battery bank.

Any advise is greatly appreciated.

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Gergo



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From: Bill Christensen <billc_lists at greenbuilder.com>
To: coblist at deatech.com
Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 10:49:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] 45 watt solar panel

It won't run much *directly*, but if you store the day's power in a 
battery you'll be able to do some light use with it.  Don't run the 
toaster or any other electrical-resistance heating.  If you use 
compact flourescents or better yet LED lighting you can probably get 
a fair bit.

At 10:16 AM +0200 10/11/10, Jill Hogan wrote:
>  Hi for four of the years I lived in a caravan while building a 
>house I only had a 45w panel. It ran all the lights in the caravan 5 
>lights, charged my cell phone, ran a radio and cd player, a little 
>lap top and a fan. It also ran the light in my temp bathroom 
>outside. Water heating it wont do any, heating element chews mega 
>watts.
>
>Jill
>
>On 2010/10/11 12:04 AM, Glenna Elf wrote:
>>Hi folks....
>>
>>      A local store here is selling a 45 watt solar panel kit. 
>>What could you
>>expect to run on something that size ???   CD player?   Recharge 
>>cell phone ??
>>run a computer ??   little lights??   inline hot water heater?
>>      Anyone try that size kit before ??   And what did you run on it??
>>
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