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cfg83 · 07-14-2008, 08:24 PM

Mara -

Welcome to EM! In LA, the great thing about replacing your AC load with PV is that you are also helping others by "giving back" your juice while the grid is suffering peak-load. The fewer ACs that are running, the less chance of a power outage.

I have since lost it, but there was a website that was packaging "Conventional AC + PV" power systems. It was taking advantage of the California PV incentive programs to sell you AC systems with PV sized for the AC. This sounds like your strategy, i.e. take out the Big-Kahuna AC load.

Question: I have a window mounted 1.5 ton AC unit (18000 BTUs) for our 900+ sqft home :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post30552
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post37988

In your opinion, how many KW of PV would I need to offset that?

CarloSW2

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cfg83 Pokémoderator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,864 1999 Saturn SW2 - '99 Saturn SW2 Wagon Team Saturn 90 day: 40.49 mpg (US) Thanks: 439 Thanked 532 Times in 358 Posts	Mara - Welcome to EM! In LA, the great thing about replacing your AC load with PV is that you are also helping others by "giving back" your juice while the grid is suffering peak-load. The fewer ACs that are running, the less chance of a power outage. I have since lost it, but there was a website that was packaging "Conventional AC + PV" power systems. It was taking advantage of the California PV incentive programs to sell you AC systems with PV sized for the AC. This sounds like your strategy, i.e. take out the Big-Kahuna AC load. Question: I have a window mounted 1.5 ton AC unit (18000 BTUs) for our 900+ sqft home : http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post30552 http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post37988 In your opinion, how many KW of PV would I need to offset that? CarloSW2 __________________ *What's your* EPA MPG? Go Here and find out!** American Solar Energy Society