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So an average of 1.4kw/hr?

1000000W/mo / 30 day/mo / 24 hr/day = 1388

I think so... Does that sound weird?

Is it possible my idea of "panel" is different from everyone else's? I'm counting the individual units which I purchased and which were installed on my rooftop. I suppose it's possible these units are made up of multiple actual panels, each with the aforementioned 400-500 W capacity. Not sure.

You are mixing up power (W) and energy (J or Wh, simply Watt times hours in you time window of choice) for starters. And I've never seen any other definition of panel other than the unit you buy them by, roughly 1m by 1.6m. That includes industrial installations of hundreds or thousands of panels.

I see. Yeah I probably mixed them up. Unfortunately I don't know the panels Wp value or have their specifications on hand at the moment.

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