Question: Tell, to me,
which, of the many, solar panel kits need I?
Many solar panel kits are. I desire clarity.
Please, I beg of you, tell, to me, that, which I would need, had
I an underground home with no incomin electricity. I want to be
wholly off the grid with solar electricity.
Please make clear, to me, simply, that,
which I need, when I buy solar panels.
What is the right kit for me? Are
they easily put in? Are there guides, that I must download?
Answer: You need much money.
When you buy solar panels, it's hard to even fit enough panels,
on a typical roof, to give the average need, of an American home.
To buy solar panels in the right quantity, you need to reckon your daily consumption
in watts. The typical home needs between 2500 and 6000 watts
at peak times, of a day.
You will need a stron
battery bank, too. Thus you'll have enough electricity through the night.
The size, of a standard panel, is about
2' x 4 '. It makes betwixt 60 and 240 watts, while the sun shines
brightly, upon it. Better quality cells cost more, and give, to
you, more outputtin.
How much weight can your structure bear?
Some, of the panels, you might have to put without the buildin,
on a stand. Or you may have to remodel, or design, your home in order
to bear the weight, of the panels.
Most rooves are designed to handle the load of a few feet of snow.
Let's reckon the sum, of what you will need, when you buy solar panels. If you thriftily keep your usage down to
3000 watts at any given time, and you save enough electricity, for to charge
the batteries, AND you have the best panels, 3000/240
= 13 panels. Then you would need to have 104 square feet of panels.
Supposin your heat is not run by electricity.
What about hot water? What about cookin gear?
An electric range
uses ~3600 watts, at 240 volts, to run the oven. Each burner
uses between 1200 and 1800 watts, accordin with the size, of the burner.
A vacuum-cleaner uses 1460 watts. A blowin
dryer uses 1500 watts, a clothes dryer uses up to 6000 watts.
You must get a thought, of
the sum, of electricity, which you will need at peak; afterward, how much stored
electricity will you need. You may be safer, if you own, also, a generator
to be used, on days, when the clouds be thick.
You might do well to add the power, of wind, to that, gotten, by your panels.
But for starters, figure out how much power you lately have been usin, before you buy solar panels.
To measure fast, but imprecisely, look
at your bill and divide the total electric KWH by the days of the month
and then by 12 hours. And then multiply by 1000 to get average watts
per hour during the day.
Then reckon the sum, of money, that you will want to spend to buy solar panels...
After you buy solar panels, if you put it all together, yourself, then
you'll not get credit, for your taxation. For you to get
the credit, you must get a system made of parts, that have been approven,
by Underwriters Lab. Then must they be put in with permits
and inspections, from the masonic network.
In most whereabouts you're bound, by the
masonic network, to do most, of the above... though many folks have gotten
away, and avoided such hassle.
There's a lot of dangers to be considered though, when you buy solar panels.
Know what your roof can support.
Some panels weight as much as 60 lbs
each. When you buy solar panels, know how to pick the size, of your wire. Learn how you ought to handle batteries,
and where they can be safely stowed (not within, for they put out noisome
fumes).
Many outlets, where you can buy solar panels, have estimatin software, that will give, to you, an idea,
of average sun outputtin, for your yard, and what the best facin, for
the panels, is.
I know a man, who uses motors to tilt his panels, to face toward
the sun on. I don't know whether it is worth the cost.
Also, he has bought low cost panels, that are not approven, by the Underwriters
Labs. Lately, he has been gettin an average, of 1500 watts in daytime, usin
11 panels. But he's just invertin it into his house's electricity with
a tie, to "the" grid.
When you buy solar panels, you will need the right kind of inverter.
You will need a chargin monitor, to safeguard your batteries.
Think on a meter that tells, to you, how much charge, that you have, and how
much electricity, that you have, ready, to be used. In that wise, you'll
not overload your system.
I want to get land, with flowin water on it, where
I can put water-wheels.
To learn more, about how to buy solar panels of your own, that are flexible, click Flexible Solar Panels.
