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**Seerseraxlils** · 09-22-2012, 03:07 AM

One reason and the main one I think is price of setup.
Just to run a 1 hp pump or reefer system would cost about $7,000 for panels capable of doing that, you would need 700 watts, that would be 58 amps at 12 v and with a battery bank and 120v inverter it would still be 6 amps to run the 1 hp. motor with heavy draw from your bank.
My toaster burns 875 watts rated so that would be wire of #2 size if 12 V or about 3 amps at 220 V.

you can get a smaller panel to charge a battery for a TV and radio a few hrs a day and light in a cabin at night, but that still a few hundred bucks, and Thai will neither be able to afford it or would do it if they could. IMHO.

09-22-2012, 03:07 AM	#13
Seerseraxlils Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 562 Senior Member	One reason and the main one I think is price of setup. Just to run a 1 hp pump or reefer system would cost about $7,000 for panels capable of doing that, you would need 700 watts, that would be 58 amps at 12 v and with a battery bank and 120v inverter it would still be 6 amps to run the 1 hp. motor with heavy draw from your bank. My toaster burns 875 watts rated so that would be wire of #2 size if 12 V or about 3 amps at 220 V. you can get a smaller panel to charge a battery for a TV and radio a few hrs a day and light in a cabin at night, but that still a few hundred bucks, and Thai will neither be able to afford it or would do it if they could. IMHO.
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