Solar Panel Power

I'm thinking of getting a solar panel for my house to help cut back on power use (I live in New Mexico). What sort of appliances can I run on a 1 watt solar panel? Is it worth it to get a single watt panel or is it more efficient to get a...

New Mexico is a good area for solar.

Unfortunately, solar electric panels generally don't save money over grid electricity until the installed system is large - like, 1000 watts or more, 4000 watts being a common size. This costs many

2009-05-13 08:28:34 by Anna

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What is the Voltage/Wattage generated from one-square foot of a Solar Panel? Using different materials and temperatures? Electrolysis of water to produce O1 H1 H1 is my goal.

What voltage is required for One US Gallon of Water to...

One squre foot = 0.093 meters squared
thus
One squre foot = 93W on a clear day.

Your voltage will determine the current. If you have a long time to wait, you can lower the voltage to about 4 volts. In my experience...

2009-11-10 18:25:53 by freddie

Can someone point me in the right direction to build a solar power system that can power my air conditioner for the summer? I live in a 700 square foot apartment. Any idea on the cost to build something like this? Any info would be appreciated....

You can find sizing calculators for solar electric off and on grid at http://howto.altestore.com/Calculators/c 5/

First use the load calculator to find out how much energy in terms of wattage your AC unit consumes per day. Then you...

2009-05-12 09:49:26 by Mike R

1.Ok, you connect the torch so it is powered but the solarpanel
2.Then you shine sunlight on the panel to get the torch started.
3.Then shine the torch on the Solar Panel to get the panel to power the torch.
4. Then you go inside

Unfortunately the efficiency of conversion of energy from one form to another is always less than one. So the out put is always less than the input. After one or two conversion nothing will be left as out put.
The perpetual machine of the...

2009-05-31 00:41:04 by ツ Chess for Olympic Sport

I have a 30 watt solar panel but I plan to expand. Can I go ahead and use a 300 Watt power inverter with the 30 watt panel? Will it work?

You sure can. All the inverter cares about is having enough voltage.

When the sun is going down, my 3000 watt inverters keep putting out voltage until the last minute. Diminishing with time of course.

2007-09-02 19:15:43 by tabulator32

i was wondering if i could take one of those cheap solar panals that you can power you car battery with, and somehow hook it up to a microwave, or coffee maker or something like that?

Is there any other easier way to do this.
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Sure you can use a solar panel and dump the output into a bank of 12V batteries as an example. However, you need an inverter which converts the 12DC into 120VAC so you can run your toaster. The cheaper/cheapest inverters give you a simple...

2009-02-11 16:21:46 by KZ