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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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How many panels does it take to make it worth buying a solar system?

A typical solar PV panel is between 380 to 420 watts and the smallest system I would recommend is about a 3000-watt system, so that is 7-8 panels. In reality we can build the system any size, but the infrastructure cost to install a PV system is fairly consistent up through about 40 panels, so [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:42-06:00March 27th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How many panels does it take to make it worth buying a solar system?

Do I need to clean the solar panels?

The basic answer is no. We should get enough periodic precipitation to clean off most of the dirt and dust accumulating on the solar panels. However, if we get one of the those periods of two months without any rain fall with a lot of pollen and dust you may want to hose off the [...]

By |2023-06-30T06:13:43-06:00March 20th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Do I need to clean the solar panels?
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