| On completion of assembling your PV solar panels. | | | | cover not only your electricity bills but many other |
| You now need to connect to a system so that will | | | | monthly as well. |
| allow you to either use, store or feed to the grid the | | | | Grid Tied Generator + Battery bank |
| electricity you have generated. | | | | However, it still may be prudent to have a battery |
| Portable Solar Power Generator | | | | backup with a grid tied system. Should you have a |
| Smallest, cheapest and the most simple system. It only | | | | cloudy day, or at night when you are generating no |
| consists of four components - a battery or batteries, | | | | power, what do you do then? The battery bank is a |
| inverter, solar panel and the charge controller. | | | | passive supply of electricity, which has been previously |
| The important thing here is that you can increase the | | | | charged up with any unused electricity generated over |
| capacity of the system very easily just by adding | | | | the past couple of days. |
| more solar panels. Solar panels supply electricity as | | | | Solar Power generation With Off Grid Houses |
| Direct Current. Your appliances use an Alternating | | | | I would think that if you do not have electricity piped |
| Current, so the inverter converts DC to AC. | | | | straight to your home then definitely look at having a |
| Should you produce more electricity than you use then | | | | battery bank integrated with your setup. The battery |
| the excess electricity can be stored in deep cycle | | | | bank will ensure you have the most effective system |
| batteries. Not your normal car batteries. | | | | as it will store the unused power. |
| Solar Power For a Grid Tied Home | | | | Batteries perform better when they are warm so it is |
| If you are connected to the national electricity grid then | | | | wise to invest in a battery box and keep them in your |
| you should definitely consider this system. What you | | | | garage. Not only does the battery box keep your |
| do is not waste time with batteries, you can send the | | | | batteries warm they also prevent them from being |
| extra power straight back to the grid. This has the | | | | tampered by children or animals. Your dog would get a |
| effect of reversing your meter and so your electric | | | | real shock if he decided to relieve himself up against a |
| utility supplier will credit you on your bill. | | | | battery bank! |
| If you think about it, it is so easy and cheap to build a | | | | Final thought, if you already have a generator, consider |
| solar panel. Let's say you build a solar panel a week | | | | linking this to your system as this can charge your |
| and over a year you built 40 of them. If you built 26 | | | | batteries should they get run down. |
| panels, this would probably be more than enough to | | | | |