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Fit entertainment into the daily solar budget

Entertainment is a flexible load: it can grow on sunny days and shrink in a dull week, without touching critical loads.

How

1. Use the entertainment energy calculator to get Wh per day and its share of the daily solar budget from power-1.
2. Set a normal share and a reduced share for poor-sun weeks, and write both on the family routine sheet.
3. Read the battery monitor before film night, as taught in living-5. If the state of charge is low, switch to audio, a smaller screen or a screen-free evening.
4. Follow the seasonal load plan in living-6 and power-25: more screen time in summer surplus, less in the winter design month.

Do these first

• power-1
• power-25
• living-5
• living-6

Sources

1. Estimating Appliance and Home Electronic Energy Use. US Department of Energy, Energy Saver, accessed 2026-11

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