How You Can Save on Your Electric Bill With Your Own Solar Power System
Building a complete solar power system requires some time and patience.
I am only going to touch on the parts you will need for the job and the overall scope of putting it together.
There are easy ways to switch to alternate power systems to save on electric bills for your home.
Unless you have a lot of money to invest, an overall reconstruction of the system is not possible.
But if you're willing to run the power system just to power the things that you need to survive, you can break free from the electrical grid and begin a life of energy independence.
The first step is knowing what size system and how much power you need to generate to run your home.
Your budget and equipment availability may change, but you can gage the system upon what you need now.
The grid that you already hooked up to are the numbers you will use to gage your PV systems requirements.
Get a tablet and make a list of all the lighting, appliances, tools, machines and other things that will be powered off your new system.
Your TV, ac to dc conversion plugs etc use power even when not turned on.
Equipment needed for this task is as follows: solar panels, brackets and supports for the solar panels, wiring, deep cycling marine type batteries that hold more charge than regular car batteries, conversion boxes for turning DC power to AC power for all home usage.
Also, the battery charger to keep the batteries charged during the process.
Now that you have all the parts you need, you must put them together to work as one.
The batteries that you have purchased need to be placed on a large table or even pallets to get them off the ground away from moisture and where they will not ground.
Use six batteries and 12 Volt batteries are easier to find which will be good for the project.
I suggest you get an electrician or someone that knows a lot about wiring to wire the batteries and overall system.
It's much better to buy the panels wired and ready to go.
This might cost a little more but not worth the headaches from bad wiring.
This will insure everything is hooked up right and avoid damage to parts.
You must find a good place to install the panels.
It is not most important to point the panels to the sun.
This is a myth that most people have and its just not true.
The panels have enough width to capture solar rays for your PV system even when not in direct sunlight.
You can build a wind and solar power system for your home without spending huge prices by having it built by a commercial builder.
It can be done with a little patience and focus.
I am only going to touch on the parts you will need for the job and the overall scope of putting it together.
There are easy ways to switch to alternate power systems to save on electric bills for your home.
Unless you have a lot of money to invest, an overall reconstruction of the system is not possible.
But if you're willing to run the power system just to power the things that you need to survive, you can break free from the electrical grid and begin a life of energy independence.
The first step is knowing what size system and how much power you need to generate to run your home.
Your budget and equipment availability may change, but you can gage the system upon what you need now.
The grid that you already hooked up to are the numbers you will use to gage your PV systems requirements.
Get a tablet and make a list of all the lighting, appliances, tools, machines and other things that will be powered off your new system.
Your TV, ac to dc conversion plugs etc use power even when not turned on.
Equipment needed for this task is as follows: solar panels, brackets and supports for the solar panels, wiring, deep cycling marine type batteries that hold more charge than regular car batteries, conversion boxes for turning DC power to AC power for all home usage.
Also, the battery charger to keep the batteries charged during the process.
Now that you have all the parts you need, you must put them together to work as one.
The batteries that you have purchased need to be placed on a large table or even pallets to get them off the ground away from moisture and where they will not ground.
Use six batteries and 12 Volt batteries are easier to find which will be good for the project.
I suggest you get an electrician or someone that knows a lot about wiring to wire the batteries and overall system.
It's much better to buy the panels wired and ready to go.
This might cost a little more but not worth the headaches from bad wiring.
This will insure everything is hooked up right and avoid damage to parts.
You must find a good place to install the panels.
It is not most important to point the panels to the sun.
This is a myth that most people have and its just not true.
The panels have enough width to capture solar rays for your PV system even when not in direct sunlight.
You can build a wind and solar power system for your home without spending huge prices by having it built by a commercial builder.
It can be done with a little patience and focus.