Comments on: Can solar panels power my household appliances? http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/ NOW Is The Time To Go Solar Power For Homes With Solar Panels! Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wadehttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-14001 wade Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-14001 My math is wrong above, watts at 13% are about 177, and at 15% are 200 watts per square meter panel. So 15 panels might be enough. $3,000 dollars for a DIY person, then a minimal 4 batteries and a 3,000 watt inverty by Cobra or whatever brand Harbor Freight offers and you will be in business for around 3600 dollars. The real trick is drying cloths in the wintertime. Radiant heat from a cloudy sky will still warm a solar panel, but you would want a ducted air panel to create warm air directly and make it available right to your dryer which could still use electricity to turn the motor and fan to dry cloths. Another source of warm air is the attic. But for the winter time a special warm air ducted solar panel must be made dedicated to that purpose. My math is wrong above, watts at 13% are about 177, and at 15% are 200 watts per square meter panel. So 15 panels might be enough. $3,000 dollars for a DIY person, then a minimal 4 batteries and a 3,000 watt inverty by Cobra or whatever brand Harbor Freight offers and you will be in business for around 3600 dollars. The real trick is drying cloths in the wintertime. Radiant heat from a cloudy sky will still warm a solar panel, but you would want a ducted air panel to create warm air directly and make it available right to your dryer which could still use electricity to turn the motor and fan to dry cloths. Another source of warm air is the attic. But for the winter time a special warm air ducted solar panel must be made dedicated to that purpose.

]]> By: wadehttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-14000 wade Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:54:43 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-14000 I see a lot of negativity around solar power because people expect too much from it and don't know how to manage it. For instance it is not practical to heat your water through an electric solar system, when sunlight does such an amazing job directly. Heating the home and water must be done by a separate system using the sun's heat, not converted electricity. Secondly, you only need about 3 kilowatts of electricity to run an average household. A square meter of sunlight produces 1.36 kilowatts of energy. New thin film tech panels are over 13 percent efficient. That's 136 watts per meter. Other heavy panels are over 15 percent efficient. So depending on the type you get you will need 20 to 22 panels. Prices have come down to less than a dollar per watt for solar cells and so it depends on what company you buy from and how much work you want to do yourself. If you have to have everything done for you it will be expensive. LED lighting is the best for energy savings, though fiber optics or mirrors directing sunlight would be more efficient and bring in warmth in the winter time. I see a lot of negativity around solar power because people expect too much from it and don’t know how to manage it. For instance it is not practical to heat your water through an electric solar system, when sunlight does such an amazing job directly. Heating the home and water must be done by a separate system using the sun’s heat, not converted electricity. Secondly, you only need about 3 kilowatts of electricity to run an average household. A square meter of sunlight produces 1.36 kilowatts of energy. New thin film tech panels are over 13 percent efficient. That’s 136 watts per meter. Other heavy panels are over 15 percent efficient. So depending on the type you get you will need 20 to 22 panels. Prices have come down to less than a dollar per watt for solar cells and so it depends on what company you buy from and how much work you want to do yourself. If you have to have everything done for you it will be expensive. LED lighting is the best for energy savings, though fiber optics or mirrors directing sunlight would be more efficient and bring in warmth in the winter time.

]]> By: rizwanhttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-13741 rizwan Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-13741 hi i need to knw that, if i need to run an airconditioned of 1500 watts the panels of how many watts i needed and if i add fridge as well than how many more panels i need to run both appliances!!! hi i need to knw that, if i need to run an airconditioned of 1500 watts the panels of how many watts i needed and if i add fridge as well than how many more panels i need to run both appliances!!!

]]> By: duncanhttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-4683 duncan Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:48:56 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-4683 Is it possable to buy a solar panel that you can put in your window and comes with everything you need to charge up a battery and so on and a socket to plug in a house hold appliance ? Is it possable to buy a solar panel that you can put in your window and comes with everything you need to charge up a battery and so on and a socket to plug in a house hold appliance ?

]]> By: Andyhttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-4416 Andy Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:45:09 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-4416 This is an interesting way of calculating how many solar panels you need to run your appliances, starting with how much solar energy hits a square meter of ground.Wouldn't it be easier to look at what solar panels are available on the market and calculate from there? For example, if you want to generate 1,000 Watts of power, you'd need slightly more than that in panel capacity (to account for efficiency losses across the wiring). Let's say 30% more. So you need 1,300 Watts of power. Solar panel prices are dropping. A friend just priced some at $2 per watt, wholesale (of course, they weren't UL listed). Figure $5 a Watt, retail. That's $6,500 of solar panels.That doesn't count installation costs, which includes racks to hold the panels and any wiring.The payback time on this is going to be a lot more than just a year and a half, as one person commented. .-= Andy´s last blog ..<a href="http://makesolarsimple.com/solar-panels/what-can-the-new-sanyo-portable-solar-panel-do" rel="nofollow">What can the new Sanyo portable solar panel do?</a> =-. This is an interesting way of calculating how many solar panels you need to run your appliances, starting with how much solar energy hits a square meter of ground.

Wouldn’t it be easier to look at what solar panels are available on the market and calculate from there? For example, if you want to generate 1,000 Watts of power, you’d need slightly more than that in panel capacity (to account for efficiency losses across the wiring). Let’s say 30% more. So you need 1,300 Watts of power. Solar panel prices are dropping. A friend just priced some at $2 per watt, wholesale (of course, they weren’t UL listed). Figure $5 a Watt, retail. That’s $6,500 of solar panels.

That doesn’t count installation costs, which includes racks to hold the panels and any wiring.

The payback time on this is going to be a lot more than just a year and a half, as one person commented.
.-= Andy´s last blog ..What can the new Sanyo portable solar panel do? =-.

]]> By: kapilbansalagrahttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/can-solar-panels-power-my-household-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-4414 kapilbansalagra Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:32:59 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-residential/can-solar-power-panels-installed-at-home-provide-enough-electricity-to-power-house-hold-appliances#comment-4414 ya u gotta calculate your power load, and install panels and batteries accordingly. there can be no universal solution as sunlight availability differs from place to place. Better consult a professional.<br><b>References : </b><br> ya
u gotta calculate your power load, and install panels and batteries accordingly. there can be no universal solution as sunlight availability differs from place to place.
Better consult a professional.
References :

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