| You have been probably thinking of building your own | | | | There will be other electrical accessories that will be |
| solar electricity at home but don't know where to start. | | | | required but one major piece of the kit is the inverter. |
| You were also probably wondering if the savings that | | | | This equipment will convert the DC power that is |
| you will accumulate by harnessing the solar energy | | | | generated from the solar panels to AC. This AC |
| from the sun is worth the effort? | | | | power will provide the power to your AC loads. DC |
| I guess the starting point of any project whether small | | | | powered appliance won't need to take their power |
| or large is determining it's viability before even starting, | | | | through the inverter. |
| what's the point of it all if in the end, your objectives | | | | Doing the configuration isn't hard at all once you focus |
| are not met. | | | | your mind to it. As with any other thing, it seems like |
| As an overview, you will have to write down your load | | | | daunting at the start, however, it becomes easy once |
| requirements. This means, which appliances you would | | | | you get the hang of it. |
| like to be powered using the solar power generated | | | | Once you have summed up all your expenses based |
| from the solar power kit. | | | | on the parts and labor requirements to build up your |
| The rating can be listed in watts. After that, you have | | | | solar power generator, it is time to compare it with the |
| to figure out how many hours per day you will be | | | | savings per month. Your cost of investment divided by |
| using each appliance. Once it is multiplied to the | | | | your monthly savings will give you an estimate on how |
| wattage will give you the Watt-Hr Per Day for each | | | | many months will be the payoff for the solar power |
| unit. | | | | system. It's then for you to decide if this return is |
| The total load requirement will then be referenced, | | | | acceptable or not. |
| together with the use of some calculation factors, as | | | | There are many kits available in the market today, just |
| to what size will be required for the solar input. | | | | make sure that proper research is done first prior to |
| The number of solar panels in array and their wattage | | | | buying one. |
| rating will give you the desired solar input. | | | | |