How large a solar panel do you need to drive a television (which needs 100 W to run) on a sunny day, assuming that the solar panel operates at 15 % eﬃciciency?

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How large a solar panel do you need to drive a television (which needs 100 W to run) on a sunny day, assuming that the solar panel operates at 15 % efficiciency?

Accepted Answer

Assuming that you have the full S = 1 .36 kW [latex]m^{−2}[/latex] at your disposal, the area needed is

[latex]\frac{100 W}{0.15 imes 1.36 imes 10^{3} W m^{−2} } ≈ 0.5 m^{2} .[/latex] (37.6)

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