| Having a grid tied solar setup just means you have a | | | | electrical grid, which in turn spins your meter |
| solar power setup in addition to your on grid electric | | | | backwards. When that happens they credit your |
| from your power company. Most of the solar rigs I've | | | | account!Just start with one solar panel and go from |
| seen around just involve solar panels that charge a | | | | there. You might not generate enough power to run |
| bank of batteries. The batteries are hooked up to a | | | | the whole house, but you will be generating power and |
| power inverter that's integrated into the wiring of the | | | | feeding it back to the power company grid for credit. |
| dwelling. A grid tied setup does not use batteries, so | | | | The money save on your power bill from the energy |
| that off sets the price to cover the cost of the grid tie | | | | you produce and sell back to the power company can |
| inverter you will need for this setup. Grid Tied solar | | | | be used to buy more solar panels. You keep adding |
| units have that cool inverter which allows you to run | | | | panels until you meet your home energy requirements, |
| off your electric company when there is no sun or you | | | | then you will not need any power from the grid during |
| are requiring more than normal electricity. But,on those | | | | the day.If you wanted to go totally off grid just add a |
| sunny days the inverter shifts to your solar panel setup | | | | bank of batteries to cover night time power. In an ideal |
| and your home is running on free energy from the sun. | | | | situation you would be creating way more power than |
| The inverter does all the switching for you. | | | | you need from the solar panels during daytime to pay |
| Is Grid Tie the way to go? | | | | for what you use at night. Basically, sell the extra |
| Usually the power companies will buy back any power | | | | power you generate during the day back to the |
| you generate and do not use. For example you go out | | | | power company and they it sell back to you at night. |
| of town for a week all the power generated while | | | | That should keep your power bill hovering around zero |
| your away will feed back into your power company's | | | | dollars. |