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Off-Grid Load Calculator: How Much Power Do You Actually Use in a Day?

How many watt-hours per day does this build actually consume?

1 · The buildGlobal inputs

All three are calculated regardless. This sets which is shown first.

Drives usable depth of discharge and round-trip efficiency.

Days the bank must carry with no meaningful charge input.

Conservative shoulder-season default. Location-specific figures are T2’s job.

Drives the array derate factor.

Advanced inverter efficiency 88%

Site default is 88% and is shared with every other calculator here.

Locked project constant. Added automatically, not entered as an appliance.

2 · The loads

Hours per day means hours the appliance is actually drawing power, not hours it is switched on. The fridge and air conditioning defaults already have duty cycle folded in — do not double-count them.

Appliance Watts H/day Qty Wh/day
12V compressor fridge (~90 L) ~35% compressor run time at 75°F ambient. Rises steeply in heat 0 DC
12V fridge/freezer (~130 L) ~42% run time 0 DC
LED interior lighting (set of 6) Combined draw for the set, not per fixture 0 DC
Roof ventilation fan Medium speed. Low ≈ 12W, high ≈ 50W 0 DC
Water pump (12V diaphragm) Actual pumping time for two people 0 DC
Laptop Higher under sustained load. Native DC charging avoids the inverter penalty 0
Phone / tablet charging Per device 0 DC
24" 12V television 0 DC
Starlink V5 Rated 35–50W average. See the V5 power draw article before accepting this default 0 AC
Starlink Mini 20–40W typical. Runs natively on DC — no inverter penalty 0 DC
Starlink V4 / standard 75–100W. Snow-melt heating spikes well above this 0 AC
Diesel heater Running average. Glow plug pulls 90–110W for the first 2–3 minutes of each start cycle 0 DC
Composting toilet fan 0 DC
CPAP (no humidifier) Humidifier roughly doubles it 0
12V DC air conditioner 40–60A at 12V running. Duty cycle collapses toward 100% above 90°F ambient 0 DC
120V rooftop air conditioner 13,500 BTU class. Surge sizing is T3’s job 0 AC
Induction hob (single zone) 0 AC
Microwave (900W output) Input watts, not the number on the door 0 AC
Coffee maker 0 AC
Result12 V · LiFePO4 · MPPT

Daily energy requirement

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