Nomeru

Greetings,

Through reading these, I'm wondering why you're talking in terms of the batteries, as I understand there's a loss in efficiency when going to the battery. I read below you have 8000Wh usable battery storage, and the solar array gives 2300W at peak. If I assume it remains at peak for a good amount of time, it would only take 3.5 hours to fully charge the batteries. Do you use the additional sunlight to power anything directly during the day? Unless I'm missing something, it looks like you could print closer to 1000 magnets in a single day if skipping the batteries.

Thanks for the reply, and it's great to hear that energy is put to good use. As a bit of a follow up, say the batteries need recharging in the morning. To minimize battery usage during the day, have you ever tried to use only say half the array to charge the batteries while using the other half directly? (I hope this doesn't come off as condescending, it sounds like you certainly know what you're doing).

As for me, I'm a student currently, studying chemistry with an interest in photovoltaics. I'm currently in a lab researching quantum dots which could eventually be important in increasing efficiency and decreasing the price of solar cells (along with a number of other applications).