My washer is 20 volts 60 gz,9.6 amps. The solar panels I am looking at are: Sharp ND-208U Solar Panels (208 Watt) List Price $,479.99 Only $,049.99 Sharp Solar Panels (208 Watt) List Price $,352.99 Only $,040.99 If I buy that will it be enough to run my washer?
P(Watts) = I(Amps) x V(Volts) Power = 9.6 x 20 Power = ,52 Watts. Therefore you would require 6 x 208Watt solar panels to power the machine on a clear bright day, many more on a cloudy or dull day. Sorry to be a little rain cloud!
The solar panels have a 2 volt DC output.You would have to get an inverter and a small battery bank to run the washer.
Can't answer your questions but you can find those panels for $984.50, which is signficant if you are buying more than one. An uneducated guess would be that one panel would be enough to power the clothes washer, but maybe not the clothes dryer. The washer is just a motor and a spinning device.
Don't you think it kinda depends on the panels? It's not like they're all one size. The A/C units are going to take significant power when in use as will an electric clothes dryer which you failed to mention. And we also have no earthly idea where you live in order to know how many hours of sun you'll be able to rely upon or how frequently you'll need to cool or what the square footage is you're cooling. Are you intending to live completly off grid? If so you'll want to be concerned with battery (which is cost prohibitive) or some other sort of back up for times when the sun isn't out.
Solar panels produce power in proportion to the amount of sun light and inverse proportion to the temperature. To use solar power you will need in addition to the panels a bank of batteries a charge controller and an inverter to convert to 20v. The panel(s) will only be used to recharge the batteries and the batteries connected to the inverter is what is going to run your washing machine. You therefore need to know how long is the machine going to run, how often and how much charging can you expect to get from each panel in order to figure out how many panels you will need and how many batteries. If you do only one load very infrequenly, you will be able to use a smaller battery bank and charge at a lower rate.
