60 watt to run appliance's

[mick97]

I have a question too.
If i use a 60 watt panel,and use a inverter from a battery hooked up to it for saving solar energy,will it be ok to run then?

i wanted to try and build one,and use it for my fan,and charging my cell,and possibly to run my little broil master counter top small appliance.

Does it work like this???
I know if the sun is full I don't need the battery.But mabe I should go to a higher watt panel hu?

If it plugs into a 110 socket,but doesnt have quite the amount of energy to run it,will it at least use what energy it has and partially heat up the coils to cook my meal?

Also wanted to make one for the garage to run my radio,and possibly a little 6x 10 inch heater for the winter time.

scotty

[russ]

Hi Scotty - Welcome to Solar Panel Talk!

You need a lot more than 60 watts of panel to accomplish much of anything.

A battery based unit is maybe 50% efficient and with winter sun that means you are collecting 60 watts, that becomes 30 watts, for maybe 3 hours per day. 90 watts will keep a heater running for maybe 5 minutes -

You also seem to be describing the 'plug and play! type units that are not legal most places and not a good idea anywhere. No way do you want a system where the panel connects to the inverter which is in turn plugged into an electrical outlet.

Russ

[mick97]

Thanks for the advise.

No I wasnt talking plugging into socket.
I meant from the battery to a inverter that has 2 plug ins in it.

160 watt panel would be much better then i would imagine.

my countertop broil master i usually run for 10 minutes to cook or heat up food.
Thats plenty of time

Laptop charging would work and small stuff like that I guess hu?
I found a kit for 150.00 and its around 140 watt or so.

Scotty
P.S.
Thanks for the welcome

[Mike90250]

A 1,000 watt toaster/grill, running for 10 minutes, consumes about 170 watt hours

You would have to harvest about 85 watts per hour, for 4 hours, to recharge a battery used to power the inverter. You would need a 100W panel, because in real life, panels put out about 20% below spec.