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About Clay Cole

Clay Cole's journey from the scenic landscapes of Vail, Colorado, to transforming homes into Solar-Powered Sanctuaries is fueled by his love for nature and a knack for hands-on creation. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications from Metropolitan State University of Denver, Clay combines his passion for the outdoors with a career in solar renewable energy. He shares his expertise to help others embrace sustainable living through informative and helpful content.

Will solar power still work if the grid power goes out?

When the utility grid power goes off, most solar PV system will shut down automatically. This is a built in safety feature to protect the power company’s linemen working on the wires from being electrocuted by solar PV power back flowing to the grid and electrifying power lines the lineman assumed were turned off. However, [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:35-06:00April 20th, 2020|Information|Comments Off on Will solar power still work if the grid power goes out?

Can I put solar on my garage?

Any garage roof that is part of the same property can have the solar panels mounted their instead of the home or in addition to the home. If it is an attached garage then most definitely and very easily. If it is a detached garage the answer is still yes, the only question is how [...]

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Why do all solar companies ask for electricity usage?

The best way for any professional solar PV designer to custom design the right system for a customer is for the customer to provide the historic electric consumption for the structure they wish to add solar to. In this way a system can be sized appropriately to meet the assumed future demand based on historical [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:36-06:00April 19th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why do all solar companies ask for electricity usage?

How much does an individual solar panel cost?

In the last decade the proliferation of solar photovoltaic has cause the price of the panels and the equipment in the system to be cut to a fourth of what they were in 2010. So the panels themselves are now a commodity, rather than the big cost driver as they were in the past. A [...]

By |2024-02-26T12:17:35-07:00April 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How much does an individual solar panel cost?

Can a solar system power my Electric car?

If you have purchased an electric vehicle (EV), the most amazing type of automobile on the market today, you will be able to drive it for free powered by the sun! You can charge it from your solar photovoltaic system and never have to buy energy to drive. I have been an EV and PV [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:38-06:00April 14th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Can a solar system power my Electric car?

Does the Efficiency of a solar panel matter?

The simple answer is not really. All a solar photovoltaic customer really should care about is can enough solar panels be installed in the area available to fully power the home or business completely for the entire year. Less efficient panels cost less and only disadvantage is it will require more panels to produce the [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:38-06:00April 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Does the Efficiency of a solar panel matter?

Can a solar system power my home’s Air-Conditioning

Yes, and since your home’s air-conditioner will consume a large amount of electricity for every hour the compressor runs, a solar photovoltaic system can make that required electricity all day while the sun is shining. And one of the great side benefits of a solar system is your air-conditioner will likely not run as often [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:39-06:00April 10th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Can a solar system power my home’s Air-Conditioning

Is it best to own or lease a solar Photovoltaic system?

90% of the time ownership of a solar PV system is the best approach. By owning your own system you have the ability to get free electricity for decades after the pay-off period end, typically for residential about 8-11 years. Since the system should last 35-40 years, that is a long period of time you [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:40-06:00April 10th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Is it best to own or lease a solar Photovoltaic system?

How large of a surface area do I need to put solar on a roof?

Solar photovoltaic panels come in three basic dimension dictated by the number of cells in the architecture of the panel design; 60 cell, 66 cell, and 72 cell panels. The standard residential 60 cell panel is approximately 38” x 68” dimensionally, which equates to a surface area of 18 sq./ft., with a panel rating of [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:40-06:00April 9th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How large of a surface area do I need to put solar on a roof?

Does my house need to face a certain way for solar panels to be beneficial?/What direction is the best facing for solar panels?

Direction my house need to face for solar panels to be beneficial? Any structure that has a roof can be made to work with a solar photovoltaic system. South facing roofs are always best but east and west work fine too. It is just the north face we do not use unless a title up [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:41-06:00March 30th, 2020|Information|Comments Off on Does my house need to face a certain way for solar panels to be beneficial?/What direction is the best facing for solar panels?
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