Solar Panel House

Hi I have just got a house out in the dessert in the middle east and its sunny most year round and hot.

What I would like to know is how meany solar panels will I need to run 2 flat screen TV's 32" 4 bed rooms with ENERGY...

Add up the wattage on all of the appliances. Each one has it listed somewhere or in the manual. Remember that the microwave and the fridge are not on all the time. Try to get average number and peak number. For example, the frig may only run 20%...

2008-09-24 04:41:30 by haiderkubba

In this video I had the chance to speak with Jeremy with Puget Sound Solar during the installation of solar panels on a house in Seattle. He does ...

I am looking into putting a solar panel on my house, but i always get mixed up with which way the sun rises and sets in this country. What side of the house should the solar panel be put on?
Sorry, Im in England. Such a doofus sometimes.

No matter where you are on earth, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. In the norther hemisphere the sun tracks more to the south that is why positions of panels and windows to the south take advantage of the sun the best.

2009-06-18 10:25:13 by Chucky

I been considering to get a solar panel system but I don't know if I'm going cut my electric bill every month , It's a lot of money to spend and I'm not really sure

We have solar electric panels on our roof. It's only break even, in other words, the same price as grid electricity in the long term. However, that's because we were low users in the first place. If you have a large electric bill and expensive...

2009-06-18 20:25:27 by Eli

I would like to install solar panels on my house. Does anyone know a good place to find inexpensive solar panels? I would be willing to do a little work myself. No need to hire a contractor.

You can find them online for tens of thousands of dollars (before shipping and installation) or you can build them yourself with items in your house and simple tools from the hardware store. There is a great ebook about how to do this. I'll put...

2009-09-14 16:25:32 by Jason

What type of battery bank would i need to store energy from a solar panel used to power a house, and what would be the cost?

a big one.

You need to answer a few questions:

1. What is your average power usage. You can get that from old electric bills. Typical is 1000 watts.

2. How many hours without sun do you want the...

2008-10-26 15:34:33 by Shehab Wiiboy

In a number of communities the home owner associations don't allow solar panels on roofs because they think they blight the neighborhood. Other people live in apartments and can't have solar panels.

In addition would being able to use

If I was already committed to the idea of using solar to power my house then sure I would join a collective. I might even go that route anyway since that way you avoid doing the maintenance on the system yourself. That's worth $ to me to not...

2008-01-14 13:51:11 by RomeoMike