If you are considering purchasing a 5kw solar system for your home, you must be wondering how many electrical appliances it can run and whether it will be sufficient to meet your energy needs or not. Though it can support multiple daily use appliances like lights and fans, the question of supporting an Air Conditioner is important since such heavy appliances require more energy supply.
In this Blog, we’ll have an understanding of how many ACs a typical 5000-watt solar setup can support and what factors influence it.
Number of AC supported by the 5000-watt solar system:
Generally, it is said that a solar energy system having a 5kw capacity can support several AC units e.g. one 1.5 tons AC or up to three half-ton air conditioners.
However, this is not applicable everywhere as it depends on many things e.g. the type of your AC, the amount of electricity it consumes, how many hours you run it, and how much electrical power your solar system produces including its efficiency.
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How do various Factors Influence it?
Before reaching out with a final estimate, you need to determine how much energy your AC needs per hour to run it smoothly, its size, type, and for how many hours you use it per day. This is important because different AC types with different sizes e.g. a window or central, 1 or 1.5 tons, has different power requirement.
Next, you have to determine the efficiency of your solar system and how much electricity it generates in a day. In ideal conditions, a domestic solar system with a 5000 watts capacity can generate up to 20kw of electrical energy per day.
Now, let’s combine this information to understand how it works. Suppose you have a 1.5-ton Central Air Conditioner, and it consumes about 1.5kw energy per hour and you run it for about 8 hours a day. That means it would require 12kw of electricity per day calculated by multiplying hourly AC power consumption with the no. of hours it runs per day. Now assuming that your solar system is generating 20kw per day, it can easily support one 1.5 tons AC for you and would have 8kw spare energy to support your other electrical appliances.
Thus, based on your specific AC capacity and needs, a 5000-watt system can run single or multiple AC units for your home.
Important things to Remember:
However, it’s important to note that these estimates are based on ideal conditions and do not take into account other factors that could affect the performance of the solar panel system. For example, the actual amount of electricity that a solar panel system generates will depend on the local climate, the angle and orientation of the panels, and the efficiency of the inverters. Additionally, the performance of the solar panels may degrade over time, reducing their overall efficiency.
In conclusion, there is no definite answer to how many AC units your domestic solar system can run as it depends on a number of things. However, a 5kw solar system is considered ideal for small households where it can support at least one AC with several other electrical appliances. If you need further help in calculating your power needs before installing a solar energy system, Contact NGLE. Our professional teams audit your house’s average consumption and recommend the best solar solutions for you.