Her’s a short video describing a small residential solar power system that I set up at my house.

This residential solar power system consists of 12 individual one amp solar panels (15 watts each for a total of 180 watts of power – per hour).I  use it to run all lights (CFL’s), fans, tv’s, and stereos in the house as well as the microwave, coffee maker, blender, can opener, sandwich grill, toaster, vacuum, computer and anything else I can think of.

My residential solar power system’s run time for lights/fans only is approx 8 hours. add in vacuuming, microwaving or toaster along with lights, tv and the fans and the run time is reduced to 4-5 hours a day.

I  bought solar panels, inverter (1000 watt) and killowatt meter at Harbor Freight tools, the batteries (deep cycle) from walmart and the battery cables from checker auto. total cost was about $1200 to $1300.

Solar power is such a versatile form of energy, delivering both heating, hot water and domestic electricity. All you really need is the space and the money to install your residential solar power system. You can heat your water and generate your electricity by solar power, although doing both at the same time is a bit of a stretch unless you either live in a very sunny area or you have plenty of space for the solar panels needed.

You can install a small residential solar power system like this without too much trouble.

Duration : 0:5:26

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