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 need.
* If you 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 support@solarray.com
SolarSizer Xcel, Version 1.9 Customer Name:
2007 by SolarRay, Inc. Yellow Boxes are for your input

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

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%
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%
Refrigeration
7 cu. Ft. Danby Refrigerator 1 125 4 7 500.0 11%
18 cf Efficient Refrigerator 1 125 9 7 1125.0 24%
Not Efficient Refrigerator 200 12 7 0.0 0%
10 cu.ft. Deep Freezer 1 125 7 7 875.0 19%
Kitchen
Blender 1 350 0.1 3 15.0 0%
Insulated Coffee Maker 1 800 0.1 5 57.1 1%
Regular Coffee Maker 800 2 5 0.0 0%
Microwave Oven 900 0.0 0%
Toaster 1 600 0.1 5 42.9 1%
Bread Maker 700 1 2 0.0 0%
Garbage Disposal 700 0.0 0%
Dish Washer 700 0.0 0%
Toaster Oven 1400 0.0 0%
Appliance Qty. Watts Hrs/Day Days/Week W-Hrs/Day % of Total
Electronics 0%
Radio/ CD player 5 0.0 0%
17" LCD Screen TV 25 0.0 0%
25" Regular TV 1 100 2 7 200.0 4%
52" Big Screen 245 0.0 0%
VCR & DVD 1 40 2 7 80.0 2%
Satellite receiver 1 30 4 7 120.0 3%
Ph/L-Satellite Sys. 30 0.0 0%
Stereo System w/ subwoofer 35 0.0 0%
LapTop Computer 1 25 2 7 50.0 1%
DeskTop Computer 175 0.0 0%
Jet Printer 30 0.0 0%
Laser Printer 1100 0.0 0%
Microwave Telephone 6 0.0 0%
Phone Answering Machine 6 0.0 0%
Cell Phone Charger 1 2 5 7 10.0 0%
Inverter On 1 20 24 7 480.0 10%
Household
Washing Machine 1 500 1 2 142.9 3%
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%
Med. Power Tool 1 700 0.5 2 100.0 2%
Large Power Tool 1100 0.0 0%
Battery Charger 12 4 5 0.0 0%
Battery Charger Idle 2 24 7 0.0 0%
0.0 0%
Water Pumping
DC Pressure Pump 150 0.5 7 0.0 0%
Well Pump1/2 HP 1 700 0.5 7 350.0 8%
Well Pump 1 HP 1500 0.5 7 0.0 0%
Well Pump 2 HP 3000 0.5 7 0.0 0%
Total Daily Average Watt-hrs 4647.9
 Your Name Here

NOTES

Ceiling or Floor type

2 ton unit, avg. efficiency

Chest Freezer converted to Refrigerator

Energy Star w/ Top freezer
Side by Side, or Freezer on bottom
Energy Star

Carafe style, no hot plate

Glass w/ hot plate

2 slices/ day

1 load/ day, energy star rated

NOTES

etc. turned off

turned off with powerstrip
TV, VCR, stereo, etc.

turned off with powerstrip

Keeps Inverter "On"

Separate Component Hi Fi

PC w/ 17" CRT monitor

Needs Pure Sinewave

2 hr talking/ 22 hr idle
Keeps Inverter "On"
Keeps Inverter "On"
Outback Inverter "On" all the time

Hi Effeciency

Drill, Jig Saw, Sander, Grinder

Circ. Saw, Hammer Drill, Drill Press
Oiless Air Compressor, Table Saw
for cordless tools
Keeps Inverter "On"

Add more Hrs/ day for more water

75 Gal/ Day, cistern or shallow well
150GPD, 250 ft to H20
150GPD, 400 ft to H20
150GPD, 600 ft to H20
 PV System Worksheet Customer: Your Name Here
1999 by Dankoff Solar Products Date: 5/3/2017
Version 2.0 8/99 adapted by SolarRay Prepared by: Ray
to create Solar Sizer Version 1.9
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

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

PV ARRAY - Select size & quantity of PV modules

Full Array would be 8 175 - Watt Modules = 1400
Proposed Array of 4 Modules = total rated - - - 700
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
Requires Battery Bank of 1220
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
Proposed Days of Storage 2.5

BACKUP SYSTEM
Battery Charger Amps (rated) 70 Load Generator to 0.9 0.75
Trace DC Charging Effeciency 0.5 Minimum Generator Rating = 2.5
Generator Running Time per Week (with proposed array)
when peak sun per day is 4.5 Hours -- Generator Must Run 20.1
when peak sun per day is 1 Hours -- Generator Must Run 19.4
 Solar Ray
PO Box 2228
Taos, NM 87571
(505) 737-9553

Watt-Hours/Day

Watts (peak rating)

Watts
Watts

of 77F standard rating

Amp-Hours

Amp-Hours

Power at Altitude (- 2 to 3% per 1000 ft)

Kilowatts
Hours/Week
Hours/Week