Comments on: how to build a home solar power thingie to plug stuff into…? http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into/ 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: David Whttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into/comment-page-1/#comment-4621 David W Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:28:59 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-for-homes/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into#comment-4621 An electric kettle is a high power unit, so needs a big solar panel and a stack of batteries. These are going to cost a bundle of cash. A great deal depends where you are located - you need a good position where you can mount the panel facing south. You will need solar panels, connected to a charge controller, connected to a deep discharge or leisure battery, connected to an iinverter. The further North you are, the llarger the panel you will need. For greater electrical loads, you will need larger batteries and inverters. In the UK, I guess that a solar panel, plus battery plus and inverter to run the equipment you describe will cost over £2000.<br><b>References : </b><br> An electric kettle is a high power unit, so needs a big solar panel and a stack of batteries. These are going to cost a bundle of cash. A great deal depends where you are located – you need a good position where you can mount the panel facing south.
You will need solar panels, connected to a charge controller, connected to a deep discharge or leisure battery, connected to an iinverter. The further North you are, the llarger the panel you will need. For greater electrical loads, you will need larger batteries and inverters. In the UK, I guess that a solar panel, plus battery plus and inverter to run the equipment you describe will cost over £2000.
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]]> By: Charles Chttp://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 Charles C Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:52:59 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-for-homes/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into#comment-4620 Jigs is right about the cost. Building a system large enough to provide the kind power you are talking about would be expensive and take a lot of space. It would take a long time to recover that cost. And if you are also trying to be "green" consider the environmental impact of the production of those solar cells. I won't bore you with details but the mining and refining operations produce some troublesome waste. How about a windmill instead. I made one to power my shed, it is too far away from the house to run power to it. I used a car alternator and car batteries to store the power and have an inverter so I can use AC tools.<br><b>References : </b><br> Jigs is right about the cost. Building a system large enough to provide the kind power you are talking about would be expensive and take a lot of space. It would take a long time to recover that cost. And if you are also trying to be "green" consider the environmental impact of the production of those solar cells. I won’t bore you with details but the mining and refining operations produce some troublesome waste.
How about a windmill instead. I made one to power my shed, it is too far away from the house to run power to it. I used a car alternator and car batteries to store the power and have an inverter so I can use AC tools.
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]]> By: Jigs1_69http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into/comment-page-1/#comment-4619 Jigs1_69 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:34:59 +0000 http://www.gosolarpowerforhomes.com/solar-power-for-homes/how-to-build-a-home-solar-power-thingie-to-plug-stuff-into#comment-4619 PV solar panels , very expensive, wiring to connect panels to Invertor to convert the panels DC to AC , have a look on youtube there's lots of information on there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VxYfMWWOlM&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeEyhJZnTshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86eHRGRJwQGrid tie systems are best, you can sell electric that you dont use back to the power company :)<br><b>References : </b><br> PV solar panels , very expensive, wiring to connect panels to Invertor to convert the panels DC to AC , have a look on youtube there’s lots of information on there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VxYfMWWOlM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeEyhJZnTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86eHRGRJwQ

Grid tie systems are best, you can sell electric that you dont use back to the power company :)
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