Perhaps a little practical math
Boredom manifests odd ideas. Right now, I want to quantize things around the house. In particular, I want to know how long I can run my freezer, using a battery.
It’s all math, but when the various parameters are unknown, I’m convinced that I need to conduct a real-wworld test. Something physical. One simple test is to move the Titan closer to the garage (that qualifies as physical). As in “a good physical workout”. The beast is heavy. Also, dangerous, unless you own steel toed boots. I don’t.
My idea is to position the battery bank, close to the freezer. Not on it. Too heavy. I’ll start a timer, and let things run until I reach either a depleted battery indication, or I get bored (this is where we started), and decide that I can calculated (extrapolate) time vs energy. Get a set of numbers that will allow me bragging rights.
Seriously. I want to have a fair idea about how long I can keep a mix of frozen foods frozen. Am I god for hours? Days? And when I’ve reached a conclusion, I can simply recharge the batter bank using wall current. No emergency deployment of solar. Maybe tomorrow. I’ve diminshed my boredom for today, and I don’t want to be playing with technology in the dark. I’ll let you know what I determne.
I could always go with reading the various labels, and do some simple math, but that isn’t practical science. Learning through hands-on discovery is the absolute best, from what I remember. Too bad I don’t have a willing mind with strong arms to handle my setups.
