pvperfsolar performance modeling

Reference

API field

Auxiliaries: proportional to power

Auxiliary draw that grows with the inverter output

Unit W/kW

What it is

An auxiliary consumption proportional to the system's inverter output while the system exports, in watts per kilowatt of output, such as cooling that follows the inverter load. It adds to the continuous draw, and the power threshold does not apply to it.

Typical values and how to get it

0 unless a load draws in proportion to the output; then a few watts per kilowatt. If not given: 0 W/kW: no auxiliary load proportional to the output.

API

ac_losses.aux_proportional_w_per_kw