Is Solar Power Electricity strong enough yet to Work on General Home Appliances (as Fridge, TV, stove, etc.)?
I am thinking of someday in the near (or little farther) future using solar power to replace, or reduce my current electrical company usage, so that I can slowly wean myself of the “government grid”.
But I am wondering, how feasible it is to use solar panels, and related items, to generate the amount of electricity necessary to power all the electrical items used daily in a home, like the lights, fridge & freezer, the stove, oven, TV’s, computers, clocks, etc.
Of course, I doubt, at least at first that it will be possible to completely eliminate the need & use of traditional electric services.
But as much as I hate government (and eventually hope to emigrate elsewhere) I want to wean myself off the government controlled system as much as possible, if not totally someday.
Is it possible to run a home entirely on solar power, and still generate enough power to run all the appliances of daily life??
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yep, I will be doing it soon.
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Comment by fishj40 — @
you can actually power your whole house with solar panels, and even sell your excess power back to the electric compnay (weird but very true), you are also eleigilble for federal and possible state programs and tax incentives for alternative energy source implementation
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http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/
us dept. of energy’s page on solar energy
Comment by Justin K — @
I think (at least for California) the DOE bulletin misuses the term "Sell" with reference to excess power produced. If my system generates more than I use, it is just given to the power company. If I use more than I make, I pay them for the overage. This is net metering.
I run all my electrical appliances off my 6 kW system.he system generates more electricity than I need for appliances, so I use the surplus to heat part of the house. Your electric bill will tell you how many kilowatt hours you average per day. Insolation tables will tell you about how many hours of sunlight to expect at your location. The output of a solar system (somewhere around 70% of it rating), times the insolation number will tell you the average number of kilowatts a system will generate daily
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Comment by Ed — @
I have an off grid system that will run my home (I use it as a battery backup system). I as well have a grid tie system that back feeds the utility when I produce more power then I use.
You can get a system that will do battery backup and grid tie at the same time. I installed the off grid system a few years before the grid tie or I would have done both in one unit.
Grid tie systems only how-to http://www.oynot.com/grid-tie-only-how-to.html
Grid tie with battery backup how-to http://www.oynot.com/grid-tie-battery-backup-how-to.html
You can get complete systems in kit form. If you want to start out small get a small kit and double it next year because they are stackable.
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