A question for people who have emergency back-up solar generators:

How did you calculate what size to get?

This is far outside my experience, I'm keen to learn from people who know their (solar) onions.

*As ever, I'm only looking for A) answers to what I asked, B) from the people I specified. Whatabboutery and second-guessing are not helpful or welcome. Thank you for your reading comprehension. xo

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@ShaulaEvans I got a portable 500Wh battery/inverter unit and a 100W panel, that is able to run a small (window) inverter heat pump, but would need a few more panels and double the battery at least to sustain heating or cooling. It is sufficient to run internet/wifi continuously while also charging tool or e-bike batteries, with good sun. But cloudy days will get only 15% of the panel rating and on good days 75%. High battery drain will be less efficient, so plan for like 80% of rated W.