For practical purposes it takes 11 amps of dc power to successfully run a 1 amp ac powered device.
How much solar power to run window ac.
Even with the air conditioner on high my solar panel system still makes enough power to add 2 000 watts into the batteries.
Any window air conditioning unit can be powered by a generator.
If you re installing 300 w panels you should plan to install an additional 11 to 12 panels 3 333 w 300 11 11 panels.
How much does air conditioning cost.
The trade off is generator run time versus solar and battery size.
Then a 1000 watt inverter generator will run the air conditioner.
This allows me to run the ac full blast to keep my house nice and cool.
A 2000 watt inverter will take about 50 amps of 12 volt dc to power that.
If you have a 5 amp window air conditioner you will need 55 amps of dc power to run the unit.
The math is not that complicated just expensive.
To follow the example above let s say you re looking to generate an additional 3 333 w to run your air conditioner in massachusetts.
Ac for grid connected homes the fact that we are all able to access almost unlimited amounts of electricity 24 7 is a beautiful part of our modern electricity grid.
A haier from walmart takes about 500 watts.
When it s hottest and the sun is shining the brightest i can make lots of power.