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RE: Our Solar Panels Are Back Online (after a 2-3 year reprieve)
Using sunshine numbers for my region, my panels generate about 22kWh/month which is currently, in my household, equal to about a days worth of electric usage through our power company.
22kWh? That is enough to power up 15-20 heavy miners or 4000 light bulbs. Average family usage at peak is 10 kwh, which means that 22kwh is enough for two houses. Are you sure your solar panels are that strong?
Solar Panel Wattage x Solar Radiation Coefficient for Minneapolis = 0.160 kW x 4.54 =0.7264kWh -> 0.7264kWh x 30.5days = 22.155kWh/month
From my power utility:
My household average power consumption/day=27kWh (in the winter)
Our neighborhood average power consumption/day=73kWh (in the winter)
Further reference: https://answers.energysage.com/question/102/if-a-solar-panel-is-rated-at-300w-how-much-power-will-it-produce/
Also, not sure where you found 10kWh as the average daily family usage, you may want to reference: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=97&t=3
kWh means per hour, if your daily usage is 27 kilo watts thats of course normal.
What I meant is that at peaks one family can use up tp 10Kw at once, that is why the power matters. Let's say you want to use the oven, iron, boiler, microwave, dishwasher and AC simultaneously.
27kW/day means 1.125kW average hourly usage.
Power matters, for sure. Our system would not simultaneously run our fridge, stove, and well, for instance. I have not invested into it enough for it to do that, nor have I designed it to do such (yet). We are speaking different units. I was referencing the kWh my panels generate in a single month, a measurement of power over time. You are referencing kW, a measurement of power at a given instance in time.