Instructions for SolarRay's Solar Sizer

To find each worksheet, look at the tabs on the bottom

left portion of this Excel file
On the Load worksheet:
* Enter your name in the Customer Name box
* Fill out the cells for Quantity, Watts, Hrs/Day, and Days/Week
for the Appliance categories.
* The categories listed are examples only, you can add your own
appliances as needed and ignore ones on the load sheet you
don't
If youneed.
* don't have a category, set the Quantity to 0

* You may need to look on the bottom, back or elsewhere of your

appliances to find the Watts info.
* You may need to change the Watts that are provided on the
Load worksheet.
* After you complete your worksheet, do a File-Save As and save
it as your last name.
On the Design worksheet:
* There is no need to fill out anything, except maybe your name
on the Design worksheet.
What to do when you are finished filling out the form:
* Email this completed file to us at [email protected]
 SolarSizer Xcel, Version 1.9 Customer Name: Your Name Here
© 2007 by SolarRay, Inc. Yellow Boxes are for your input

Appliance Qty. Watts Hrs/Day Days/Week W-Hrs/Day % of Total NOTES

Lights 8.6%
Fluorescent Lights 2 20 5 7 200.0 4%
Halogen Lights 2 20 5 7 200.0 4%
Regular Lights 60 5 7 0.0 0%
Heating & Cooling
Fan 75 0.0 0% Ceiling or Floor type
DC Floor Heating System 20 0.0 0%
Solar Heating System 75 0.0 0%
Regular Floor Heating 150 0.0 0%
Furnace with Air Ducts 700 0.0 0%
Evaporative Cooling System 600 0.0 0%
Regular Air Conditioning 3000 0.0 0% 2 ton unit, avg. efficiency
Refrigeration
7 cu. Ft. Danby Refrigerator 1 125 4 7 500.0 11% Chest Freezer converted to Refrigerator
18 cf Efficient Refrigerator 1 125 9 7 1125.0 24% Energy Star w/ Top freezer
Not Efficient Refrigerator 200 12 7 0.0 0% Side by Side, or Freezer on bottom
10 cu.ft. Deep Freezer 1 125 7 7 875.0 19% Energy Star
Kitchen
Blender 1 350 0.1 3 15.0 0%
Insulated Coffee Maker 1 800 0.1 5 57.1 1% Carafe style, no hot plate
Regular Coffee Maker 800 2 5 0.0 0% Glass w/ hot plate
Microwave Oven 900 0.0 0%
Toaster 1 600 0.1 5 42.9 1% 2 slices/ day
Bread Maker 700 1 2 0.0 0%
Garbage Disposal 700 0.0 0%
Dish Washer 700 0.0 0% 1 load/ day, energy star rated
Toaster Oven 1400 0.0 0%
Appliance Qty. Watts Hrs/Day Days/Week W-Hrs/Day % of Total NOTES
Electronics 0%
Radio/ CD player 5 0.0 0% etc. turned off
17" LCD Screen TV 25 0.0 0% turned off with powerstrip
25" Regular TV 1 100 2 7 200.0 4% TV, VCR, stereo, etc.
52" Big Screen 245 0.0 0%
VCR & DVD 1 40 2 7 80.0 2% turned off with powerstrip
Satellite receiver 1 30 4 7 120.0 3%
Ph/L-Satellite Sys. 30 0.0 0% Keeps Inverter "On"
Stereo System w/ subwoofer 35 0.0 0% Separate Component Hi Fi
LapTop Computer 1 25 2 7 50.0 1%
DeskTop Computer 175 0.0 0% PC w/ 17" CRT monitor
Jet Printer 30 0.0 0%
Laser Printer 1100 0.0 0% Needs Pure Sinewave
Microwave Telephone 6 0.0 0% 2 hr talking/ 22 hr idle
Phone Answering Machine 6 0.0 0% Keeps Inverter "On"
Cell Phone Charger 1 2 5 7 10.0 0% Keeps Inverter "On"
Inverter On 1 20 24 7 480.0 10% Outback Inverter "On" all the time
Household
Washing Machine 1 500 1 2 142.9 3% Hi Effeciency
Dryer 1 350 1 2 100.0 2%
Ph/L-Dryer Timer 8 0.0 0%
Sewing Machine 80 0.0 0%
Clothes Iron 1000 0.0 0%
Vacuum Cleaner 650 0.0 0%
Hair Dryer &curling iron 1000 0.0 0% ?
Power Tools
Small Power Tool 350 0.0 0% Drill, Jig Saw, Sander, Grinder
Med. Power Tool 1 700 0.5 2 100.0 2% Circ. Saw, Hammer Drill, Drill Press
Large Power Tool 1100 0.0 0% Oiless Air Compressor, Table Saw
Battery Charger 12 4 5 0.0 0% for cordless tools
Battery Charger Idle 2 24 7 0.0 0% Keeps Inverter "On"
0.0 0%
Water Pumping Add more Hrs/ day for more water
DC Pressure Pump 150 0.5 7 0.0 0% 75 Gal/ Day, cistern or shallow well
Well Pump1/2 HP 1 700 0.5 7 350.0 8% 150GPD, 250 ft to H20
Well Pump 1 HP 1500 0.5 7 0.0 0% 150GPD, 400 ft to H20
Well Pump 2 HP 3000 0.5 7 0.0 0% 150GPD, 600 ft to H20
Total Daily Average Watt-hrs 4647.9
 PV System Worksheet Customer: Your Name Here Solar Ray
© 1999 by Dankoff Solar Products Date: 11/17/2020 PO Box 2228
Version 2.0 8/99 adapted by SolarRay Prepared by: Ray Taos, NM 87571
to create Solar Sizer Version 1.9 (505) 737-9553
© 2007 by SolarRay, Inc.
Yellow boxes are for the SolarRay designer

TOTAL
LOAD = 4648 Watt-Hours per Day
EFFICIENCY ESTIMATES Battery Average Efficiency 0.88 5282
(See Instruction File) Inverter Average Efficiency 0.92 5741
Wiring & Distribution Efficiency 0.98 5858
Energy to Be Generated 5858 Watt-Hours/Day

DC System Voltage 24 Season of max. energy use Winter

Avg. Peak Sun Hrs/Day 6 PV:Battery mismatch + loss factor 0.91
Solar Tracker Gain ? 0 PV Array Required 1073 Watts (peak rating)

PV ARRAY - Select size & quantity of PV modules

Full Array would be 8 175 - Watt Modules = 1400 Watts
Proposed Array of 4 Modules = total rated - - - 700 Watts
Array voltage 48 Module voltage 24

BATTERY BANK
Days of Energy Storage 4 At Maximum Depth of Discharge 0.8
Batt Capacity at Low-Temp 1 of 77°F standard rating
Requires Battery Bank of 1220 Amp-Hours
Battery amp-hr rating 250 Required number of batteries = 19.5
Battery nom. Voltage 6 Proposed number of batteries = 12
for a Battery Bank of 750 Amp-Hours
Proposed Days of Storage 2.5

BACKUP SYSTEM
Battery Charger Amps (rated) 70 Load Generator to 0.9 0.75 Power at Altitude (- 2 to 3% per 1000 ft)
race DC Charging Effeciency 0.5 Minimum Generator Rating = 2.5 Kilowatts
Generator Running Time per Week (with proposed array)
when peak sun per day is 4.5 Hours -- Generator Must Run 20.1 Hours/Week
when peak sun per day is 1 Hours -- Generator Must Run 19.4 Hours/Week