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Old 07-28-2008, 03:30 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Over the whole day, the US-64 panel I have at home will delver about 30 Ah in my experience. The rest should charged at home every night, like AndrewJ micro-PHEV setup. AndrewJ saw a 10% increase in FE from the micro-PHEV setup. The solar pannel would help top up the battery during the day after the morning drive in, but wouldnt provide much power when under way. The efficiency of non-space grade panels is pretty low (10% for thin film, 14% for crystalline), and the sun provides 1kW/m^2.
That's egg-zactly what I wanted to know.

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