<p>We've done several solar projects. You need to multiply the wattage of your loads by the number of hours each is expected to be on. </p>
<p>For the panels, figure on 2-5 sun hours per day, depending on location and climate. So a 40w kiosk open 8 hours per day would probably need in the neighborhood of 100-160w in panels with a good 4 sun-hours daily. This is doable on a budget.</p>
<p>Arclight</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 5, 2011 9:01 AM, "Chris Weiss" <<a href="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com">cweiss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Jon Spriggs <<a href="mailto:jon@sprig.gs">jon@sprig.gs</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I was just reminded of an educational outdoor kiosk project for a<br>>> local non-profit that got scrapped due to concerns over running power<br>>> to where they'd need it. This with a 15-17" LED lit lcd (20W max)<br>
>> could easily be solar powered, and greatly simplify the cabinet to<br>>> install it all in as it wouldn't need active cooling, thus making it<br>>> easier to weatherproof.<br>>><br>>> A great example of this is the Joggler, AKA an OpenPeak frame, running<br>
>> Linux, and (was) selling at £50 in the UK. Went like hot cakes, and<br>>> got LOADS of people interested in doing stuff with them... these boxes<br>>> are still selling on EBay for around £50-70, with or without mods.<br>
> <br>> neat idea, but kinda small for a kiosk. Even a 10" I think would be<br>> too small. 14" would be minimum, and the easier to replace components<br>> the better as it will be outdoors and who knows when mother nature<br>
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