I am building a school project where I need to mix water with an electric motor. This motor needs to be powered by a solar panel. It is a 130W motor. How can I determine the required solar panel?
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Well… you need at least 130W. of ‘out-put’ at the motor voltage to
run the motor.
In practice, solar panels only put out peak out-put for a short
part of the day, and motors require more current to start than to run,
so you’d better oversize that panel somewhat unless there’s a battery involved.
Interesting question?
How many volts, how many Amps? How often does-it work???
Motors sometimes have high inrush current.
Solar panels are about 2Watt per 50 square inch of surface!
So 130W * 25in2 is about 24 square foot.