I downloaded the past 18 months bills from Alliant Energy's website and the average daily use is 51kWh per day. This would be 43kWh per day during the summer and 61kWh per day during the winter.
I don't know how you can get down to 5kWh per day but would really like to. That would say your electric bill is appoximately 15.00 per month???
I know mine is high but that is realllllly low.
At any rate, I like your explination and believe it is on the right track but am still a little confused.
If my peak never goes over xkW than I may need to have a generator rated at xkW?
Say I want to cover the majority of the usage and automatically switch to grid power when the usage is higher or when the output of the generator is to low.
And this gets to Amperage used as well, does it not? Right now my meter is a 200Amp meter and I have a 200Amp breaker box. I obviously am not using 200Amps but I could very easily be using 40Amps at peak.
I'm trying to get to a point that I can purchase a alternator that will produce the needed energy. I want to create the mechanical drive portion of a generator using Solar produced steam.
Any suggestions?