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Old 05-31-2015, 08:25 PM   #61 (permalink)
IamIan
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Another Option for the trailer / tiny house ... combined hybrid PV and Solar Thermal.

PV generates 15-20% of the light energy into electricity.
Combined as a hybrid Solar Thermal that than collects ~80% of the remaining 75-80% .. plus other solar heat gain surfaces like windows and such ... around ~4x more heat watts than the PV electrical watts are available to collect.

A tiny house can be very well insulated .. thus needing very little heat watts.

Even ~200 Sq Foot tiny house will the PV potential of about ~2MWH of electricity per year .. and about ~8 MWH per year of solar heat.

No need to even go out looking for propane .. the whole thing can be off grid and and energy independent 100% from solar energy.

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