SOLAR SYSTEMS FOR THE HOME - RESIDENTIAL

Q:  Must My Solar Electric System Have Batteries?

A:  Batteries are needed only if you want backup electricity in case the grid might go down. Solar power for your residence is mainly meant to be 'on-grid' - that is to say, linked to your utility supplier to lower your need for them, but not wholly turn them out.

Thus, you have 'both' your solar power setup and your company-given electricity for your use at all times, workin in tandem. Any surplus electricity that your setup makes is sent back to the power company, which ends in your bills bein lower.

The possibility, of savin money, by your solar setup, can be both grand and everlastin.

SOLAR KITS

solar kits

Q:  Do they work?  "Build-your-own" energy kits, havin solar panels, or else windmills.

A:  Not nearly as well, as those, made professionally. If you are not a mechanic and an electrical engineer, then let the masters do it for you.

The kits ought to work. If you have high expectations, then you are bound to be disappointed. I mean those little kits, which sell for a few hundred dollars.

Some companies sell serious kits, wherefor you might pay tens, of thousands, of dollars. Those kits hold the same quality materials, that a professional would use. However, to install them, you will need quite a bit of expertise.

If you're goin to hire a professional to install these, then you might, as well, just get everythin from the pro. Many will not install somethin, that they didn't supply, themselves.

PORTABLE SOLAR POWER -- BEARABLE SOLAR POWER

portable solar power

Q:  What products will endure for a lon time, hikin and drivin? I need them to able supply electricity, for batteries for camcorders, laptops, and likely some smaller equipment, of the ilk, of iPods, cell phones, &to., and the others.

A:  I am reviewin as many products, for you, as I can find.  Here is a partial list:

solar backpack

solar power portable panels

foldable solar chargers

solar calculators

foldable solar array

briefcase portable solar

hybrid solar chargers for blackberry, iphone, nokia

solar shower

 

Solar Radios - These often come with other features, such as hand-cranked battery chargin, minimal cell-phone chargin for a few callins, and a flashlight.

They are not heavy duty, and should be saved for emergencies, unless you want to replace them often, which would also be oK, so lon as it is oK with you.

Click below , and you will learn about gettin your own

Solar Radio!

 

 

Whatever you order, through this page, goes to the benefit of the Tru U., and its supporters!

 

 

SOLAR CELLS FOR SALE

Some whereabouts, such as Arizona, get much more solar energy, than do spots such, as the state, of Washinton.

Here is how you can learn how much sunlight, that falls, on your whereabouts -- when you click on the title, of this section, "Solar Cells For Sale", then you will see "solar insolation" maps of the United states, Australia, and Great Britain.

"Solar insolation" means the number of kilowatt-hours each square meter each day.  

if you live on a slope, it depends also in which direction your slope faces.  Also, whether you are in the shade of a mountain or a hill.

You need to find out how many "Sunlight Hours" you have in your area. that is the measurment used, along with your electric use, to determine the size of your home's solar cells.

There is more than one type of solar panel. Here we key, of photovoltaic panels, which have been usually put on businesses, and on homes. They have been usually stationary and can make electricity only when the sun shines straightly on them.

A hotter climate doesn't raise output, it's the number of hours of straight sunlight. Heat actually decreases the efficiency of solar cells.

SOLAR POWER GENERATOR

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Q:  What size, of a solar energy system, would give, to me, 600 watts, of electricity, for 12 hours? What will be the cost, were I to build one?

A:  To obtain 600 watts, you need at least a 600 watt array, of solar panels. The wattage will be less, when the sun is not perpendicular to your panels, so you probably need a 1000 watt system, or, maybe, more.

If you desire 600 watts, without interruption, for 12 hours, you need to be in a whereabouts where you get 12 hours of sun each, and every, day.

You can't build solar energy systems, you have to order them, as they must have a compex factory and chemicals in their makin.

In your whereabouts, if the sun shines not for 12 hours, then could you get a regulator, and a solar battery.

The electricity, from your system's array, will go into the regulator, thence into the battery. Thus you will have a constant supply of electricity.

2011 Figures

the panels [4x 150w] = £4000 = $6437
the regulator [20ah] = £130 = $209
total cost = around £4150 = $6646
- a rough estimate.

That's 12 x 600 = 7.2 kilowatt hours per day.

You can look up your average hours of peak sun per day here:

USA

Australia

Great Britain

Note that this is *peak* sun, not how long the day is. For example, in my area of northern california, the peak sun per day is 5 hours, even though we never have days as short as that, even at the winter solstice.

Let's be generous and say that your location is on a desert mountaintop in Arizona, or you only plan to run the array in the summer. We'll say, 7.2 hours of peak sun per day.

7.2 kWh / 7.2h = 1000 w, the size of array needed. This would be 1000w by the PTC ratin. By the label on the panels, this would be more like 1200 watts.

For a grid-tied system, that would be about $7000 after gettin a federal rebate. That would include the mountin system, labor, and an inverter.

If this is off-grid (batteries), double that cost, because you must buy batteries, and rebates will not apply to such systems.

Click the link in the title of this section Solar Power Generator.  There you will find many places, where you can buy them.

SOLAR INSTALLERS

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http://www.getsolar.com/west-virginia-solar-power-panel-installation-professionals.php

http://pros.findsolar.com/

http://www.nabcep.org/installer-locator

http://www.solar-estimate.org/index.php

http://contractor.smartbusinessreports.com/?link=3101&src=main

http://www.solarelectricsupply.com/