Can someone tell me if I can run a air conditioner off solar panel?I have a ET-P65420 20Wp solar panel. What do I need to make it work? I am told I will need a Enphase Energy Microinverter M20. Is that true? I am looking to run a 5000 to 8000btu air conditioner to a max of 0000btu air conditioner. I need to cool a 0x30 space. One time I read, I need total watts of panel to match total watts of air conditioner. Then I read, that I do not and can run more watts then what the panel is depending on the inverter and batteries.Can someone tell me what and how to make this work please? More panes or inverter and batteries?
You can expect such an air conditioner to use something like 500 - 800 watts of power. The ET-P65420 20Wp solar panel produces at most 20 watts so you will need at least three of them. Since solar cells make DC (Direct Current) electricity, and air conditioners use Alternating Current (AC) electricity, you do need an inverter. The M20 is a 220 volt inverter, and I suspect you are looking at a window air conditioner that will probably use 0 volt power. And the M20 only puts out a maximum of 240 watts so you need one for each of the 3 or more solar panels you will have to use. So the first thing to do is shop for air conditioners, getting the most energy efficient model you can find, paying close attention to the voltage and wattage ratings in the owner's manual or on the UL label on the back. Say it is a 500 watt, 0V unit. You will need three solar panels and three 0 volt model inverters. Also note that the 20 watt rating of the solar panels if when the panel is facing DIRECTLY at the Sun. If you just lay them on the roof, then even if the roof is sloped at a good angle (30 degrees) and facing south, it will only produce the maximum power around noon. 4 hours before noon, unless to go up there and tip them up to face the morning Sun they will probably produce only about half that amount of power. So right there you either need a motorized mount to automatically follow the Sun or twice as many panels. However, if you are going to connect the solar panel(s) into the house power, so that it(they) merely supplement the power company power, then you can use any amount of panels, and the power company will supply whatever extra power you need. That requires a licensed electrician to do. Or if you want to just power the air conditioner directly from the solar panels without any interconnection to the house power, then you need to know a lot more about electricity that you appear to know.
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