Monica, UR- Power up

Interesting: Today as I was gathering data from my solar panels, I've noticed a big spike in the power being produced.  I began collecting data from my panels on March 27th everyday day (that I was able to) at 12pm. All solar panels were creating between 25-28 Watts. This was also the first week of spring. One of my theories is since the sun is moving higher in sky, my panels are getting a better angle of the sun.  April 1st was the first day one of my solar panels was over 30 Watts. April 1st-11th all panels have been producing 28-30 Watts. On April 12th I was very surprised with my readings. The panels were producing 30-35 Watts. Today my readings were between 40-45 Watts. I'm not 100% what has caused this spike but the angle of the sun could be part of it.

The angles of the sun during certain seasons

Panel 3 - different design

Possible Errors: The last two days have been very cloudy. I have put this down as one of my possible errors. When I was taking the readings for my 3rd panel on April 12th, the sun was partially covered by clouds giving a low reading. Also I noticed my 3rd panel is slightly different then my other 2 panels. It still has the same stats as the others but the design is slightly different.

Questions: Alecia Section 101- How much energy would one of those solar panels create? Would it power a refrigerator or air-condtioner?

Hey Alecia, my panels are 25 Watts each. (Watts= power) They are producing over 25 Watts right now because I do not have a load on it. (meaning I'm not powering anything with it) Now if I wanted to power something with it, it could not be a refrigerator (these range from 500-750 Watts) and air-

conditioners range between 900-3500 Watts depending on how big the unit it. I could use smaller things with my panels like charging phones (2-6 Watts),  LED Christmas lights (5 Watts) and charging batteries for lawn equipment (15 Watts). I hope I answered your question, Thanks for the Interest!