System & Solar Sizing
Enter the equipment load and operating time to estimate daily energy use, battery requirements, and the solar capacity needed to recharge the system.
Tycon Systems® Sizing Tools
Solar & Backup Power System Calculators
Enter your equipment load, operating time, backup requirements, and installation location to estimate the solar and battery capacity your system needs. The calculators can also help identify Tycon systems and products that fit those requirements.
Free system design assistance: Prefer to have us size it? Send us your application requirements and our team will help determine an appropriate Tycon system configuration at no cost.
Available calculators
Choose the Calculation You Need
Use one calculator for a specific question or work through several of them when sizing a complete off-grid or backup power system.
Battery Runtime
Estimate how long a battery bank can operate a known load when solar, AC power, or another charging source is unavailable.
Peak Sun Hours
Find the available solar resource for your location. Peak sun hours help determine how much solar generation is available to recharge the battery bank.
Solar Panel Tilt
Determine an appropriate solar panel angle based on location and season to improve solar collection throughout the year.
System sizing
Enter Your System Requirements
System selection
Use the Calculator to Size Your Ideal System
Once you have your load, battery, and solar requirements, use those results to compare the Tycon systems and components that best fit your application. If you are not sure which configuration is right, our team can size the system for you at no cost.
RemotePro®
Complete off-grid solar power systems with solar generation, battery storage, charge control, and weatherproof enclosures for remote equipment.
Explore RemotePro®
UPSPro®
Outdoor battery backup systems for cameras, wireless equipment, sensors, communications hardware, and other electronics that need reliable backup power.
Explore UPSPro®
Batteries
Select battery capacity, system voltage, and chemistry for off-grid solar, backup power, or custom remote power applications.
Explore Batteries
Solar Charge Controllers
MPPT, PWM, and PoE-integrated controllers for solar charging, battery management, and load control in remote power systems.
Explore ControllersSystem sizing basics
How System Sizing Works
An off-grid or backup power system is sized from the equipment load outward. Each part of the system depends on how much energy the equipment uses and how long it needs to operate.
Determine the Equipment Load
Add the power requirements of every device in the system, including cameras, radios, routers, sensors, controllers, heaters, lights, and other equipment.
Calculate Daily Energy Use
Combine equipment power with operating time to determine how many watt-hours the system uses during a typical day.
Set the Required Backup Time
Determine how long the system must continue operating without solar or another charging source. This establishes the required battery reserve.
Check Available Solar Energy
Use the installation location and seasonal peak sun hours to determine how much solar energy is available to recharge the battery bank.
Include Design Margin
Account for temperature, weather, wiring and conversion losses, shading, panel conditions, battery performance, and changes in equipment load.
Common applications
Use the Calculators for Remote Power Applications
The same sizing process can be used for many remote applications. What changes is the equipment load, operating schedule, backup requirement, and available charging source.
Security & Surveillance
Calculate power requirements for IP cameras, wireless links, lighting, recorders, cellular equipment, and other security devices at remote sites.
Wireless & WISP Sites
Size continuous power for wireless bridges, access points, radios, switches, routers, and other network equipment that must remain online.
IoT & Remote Monitoring
Estimate solar and battery requirements for sensors, telemetry equipment, cellular routers, monitoring systems, and other unattended electronics.
Industrial & Field Equipment
Calculate power and backup requirements for controllers, communications equipment, SCADA electronics, instrumentation, and other remote field equipment.
Free system design assistance
Need Help Sizing Your System?
Tycon provides system design assistance at no cost. Send us the equipment load, system voltage, installation location, required runtime, and any other project requirements. Our team will review the application and help identify an appropriate Tycon system configuration.
