simple solar generator calculator Advanced options System specifications: Select the nearest city to you - Select a City - AK - Fairbanks AK - Yakutat AL - Montgomery AR - Fort Smith AR - Little Rock AZ - Tucson AZ - Prescott AZ - Phoenix CA - Santa Maria CA - San Francisco CA - Bakersfield CA - Fresno CA - Los Angeles CA - Daggett CA - Long Beach CA - Arcata CO - Eagle CO - Pueblo CO - Grand Junction CO - Boulder CT - Bridgeport CT - Hartford DE - Wilmington DC - Washington FL - Jacksonville FL - Key West FL - Miami FL - Tallahassee FL - Tampa GA - Atlanta GA - Savannah HI - Honolulu IA - Des Moines ID - Boise ID - Waterloo IL - Chicago IN - Indianapolis KS - Topeka KS - Dodge City KY - Lexington LA - Lake Charles LA - New Orleans LA - Shreveport MA - Worcester MA - Boston MD - Baltimore ME - Caribou ME - Portland MI - Saulte Ste. Marie MI - Lansing MN - St. Cloud MO - Columbia MO - St. Louis MS - Meridian MT - Glasgow MT - Great Falls MT - Miles City NC - Charlotte NC - Cape Hatteras NC - Greensboro ND - Bismarck NE - Omaha NJ - Newark NM - Albuquerque NV - Las Vegas NV - Ely NY - Binghamton NY - Buffalo NY - Albany NY - Syracuse NY - New York City OH - Columbus OH - Cleveland OK - Tulsa OK - Oklahoma City OR - Astoria OR - Portland OR - Medford PA - Pittsburgh PA - Erie PR - San Juan RI - Providence SC - Charleston SD - Rapid City TN - Nashville TN - Memphis TX - San Antonio TX - Brownsville TX - El Paso TX - Waco TX - Fort Worth UT - Salt Lake City UT - Cedar City VA - Richmond VT - Burlington WA - Seattle WA - Olympia WI - Green Bay WI - Madison WV - Charleston WY - Lander Inverter Idle power consumption in watts? Watts 5 watts - Our Homegrid Solar Generators (power save mode) 8 watts - Our Powermax EMP Solar generators 15 watts - Our Homegrid 3000 and 5000HD Generators 30 watts - most low idle power Generators 100 watts - High idle power consumption generators Inverter efficiency? % 90% - Our homegrid Generators 85% - Most inverters 75% - Low efficiency inverters Batteries Maximum Depth of Discharge (DOD) % 100% - Our homegrid Extreme Untimate or off-grid Generators 50% - Most Deep cycle batteries 10% - non deep cycle batteries Charge controller type? - High quality MPPT (all of our systems) - - Non MPPT charge controller - Number of days To fully charge a completely empty battery bank? - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Power Usage: Days of backup power for essential appliances without sun (recommended 2 to 5 days)? - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - Watt hours per day (Essential Appliances) Watt hours per day (Non-Essential Appliances) Minimum battery size in watt hours Minimum Solar panel size in watts