John and Joanne from assignment 1 have decided that it is too expensive to live

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John and Joanne from assignment 1 have decided that it is too expensive to live in an electrically heated house in Matheson. They are going to build a house in Timmins and install PV as their primary source of electricity. They have done an energy audit, calculated their expected load and purchased their equipment. Answer the following questions. 6. 1. At what angle are they going to point their solar panels 2. Why? /3 3. With this information, what month of the year has the greatest solar insolation potential?/2 4. What month has the least? /2 When making their calculations what month would they have used as their solar design month? 5. 6. Why? Support your answer. /3

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1. +15°/-15° from latitude summer and winter respectively.

2. To get the maximum of sunlight, +15°/-15° of latitude is the best position.

3. March and september

4. June and december

5. March.

6. Since best angle of inclination is in march 105°

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