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right, it's always easy to 'assume' that daylight hours equates to amp hours, but that's just the solar advertisements kicking in - Solar is only really effective when the sun is directly hitting the panels, and the panels stay tilted toward the sun directly during the full daylight hours. When the sun is first coming up, and toward sunset time, it will not necessarily provide anywhere near the same amps as when it is between 10am and 4pm - 6 to 8 hours is really the 'max' hours for Solar, unless you are in Alaska during the summer where there can be as many as 12-14 hours due to 24hr of daylight.
Looking at Solar as effectively helping to limit the number of hours of generator usage is the best way of considering it's power - the way we use electricity each day will never be the same, and the sun light hours will never be the same due to clouds and shade.
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