Facts About Home Solar Power

Basic facts about home solar power systems and their components.

A home solar power system has several standard components they are as follows:

- PV Modules or solar panels (to turn solar energy into electricity)

- A charge controller (this is an electrical device that prevents batteries from overcharging and from power running from the batteries into the solar panels).

- Batteries, to store the electricity for night time usage.

- An inverter (an electrical device that changes the electricity created through the solar panels into electricity ready for use in your regular household wall plugs). Solar panels create Direct Current DC and a household runs on A/C Alternating Current.

- In the case of a hybrid home solar system, an automatic switch to get current from the electrical grid, or some other power source such as a generator would be included as well. The advantage of using a hybrid system is that you will not be dependent upon solar energy alone.

- A 1-kilowatt home solar system is sufficient for most households.

- A 1-kilowatt home solar system will provide roughly 1,600 kilowatts per year in a sunny climate (receiving 5.5 hrs of sunlight each day) and about 750 kilowatt hours per year in cloudy climates (receiving 2.5 hours of sunlight each day).

- A 1-kilowatt home solar system is uses about 10-12 solar panels, and requires about 100 square feet of installation area (which could be the roof of your home or a section of land on your property).

- A 1-kilowatt home solar system reduces waste and pollution by about 170 lbs. of coal from being burned, 300 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere and 105 gallons of water from being consumed each month! A big step toward protecting our environment, in other words.

- With abattery back-up, a solar power system can provide electricity day and night, no matter what the weather conditions. Other options, which include back-up generators and grid-tie systems, provide total security.

- On average a 1-kilowatt home solar system takes about 1-2 days to install and costs around US$10,000 (though prices are coming down), but can vary greatly and does not take into account any tax incentives offered by the government for reducing carbon emissions.

- Most systems come with a 5-year warranty, although the solar panels are warranted for 20, and as technology advances some are even coming out with a 30 year warranty.

Installing solar power into one's home is a great way to help clean up the environment and save money as well. Anna gives more information on how to save money with home solar power at her lens on Renewable Energy Tax Credits. Visit her website on Saving Money with Home Solar Power to find out more about what your possibilities are.

2003 Yamaha fz-1-fz1-Ignition Pickups Pulse Generator
Portable Power Gas Generator
British Commonwealth Portable Power Generator

How Does a Off Grid Home Get Power?

Are you wondering how does a off grid home get power? Most people have the wrong idea that living in an off grid home will require them to give up some modern appliances, so they choose not to explore off grid power options, thinking that they want to keep their lifestyle.

This was exactly what I had been thinking in the past, but today I am producing my own electricity at home and I also have internet, TV and almost every other convenience that you can typically find in modern homes.

1. Is Living Off Grid Worth The Investment?

You will need to invest some money up front to setup your home power system first. Typical renewable energy systems can cost up to $15,000 or more, but there is no need to spend that much money. I chose to build my own homemade system by following the instructions in an online guide that I downloaded on the web. It only costed me a total of around $180 to get the whole system running and it has been working great for me.

2. Do You Need To Give Up Some House Appliances In Order To Live Off Grid?

After researching and trying out the renewable energy system, I have discovered that it is not necessary to sacrifice any of the household appliances in order to run a house off grid.

3. How To Live Off Grid With Solar Energy?

I downloaded a written guide with diagrams that gave me an easy-to-follow system for building a homemade power system. It consists of solar panels and wind turbines and are very easy to understand and setup. Thousands of people have already eliminated their own home electricity bills with this free energy system. They learned how to build it by downloading the step-by-step guide online. You can find out more about how to build this homemade power system at the website link below.

Do you want to Power your Home Off Grid? Do not try any windmill and solar power system scams until you read the author's review of the Best Home Power Systems at http://www.renewableenergysystemreview.com first!

The author has managed to reduce his energy bill by more than 80% by building his own renewable home energy system. Check out his website to find out how to do it!

Portable Power Generator Jugs
Crankshaft Portable Power Generator
Triron Power Generator