How much solar power do you need in order to run an electric water heater that has a requirement of wattage at 240v- 5500 watts maximum fuse required- 30 amps minimum wire size- 10 gauge?

Answer 1

To produce 5500 watts of instantaneous solar power you need roughly 120 sqyare metres of photvoltaic cells (11 metres x 11 metres). The 5500 watts is not used all the time though so it depends entirely on how much hot water you use. If you have it on all the time, you would need such an area. If you only have it running an hour a day you would need only a tenth of that but some way to store the energy you collect when the water isn't being heated up. It is much easier and cheaper to simply heat water directly from the sun using a solar water heater than to produce electricity to do it.

Answer 2

To run an electric water heater rated at 5500 watts, you would need a solar power system that can generate at least 5500 watts during peak sunlight hours. This would require multiple solar panels to be connected to an inverter and battery system capable of handling the power output. The system size would depend on factors such as location, efficiency of the panels, and average sunlight hours.