Subject: Solar Energy

renewable energy

How practical is solar for home and mobile home/marine use? These days, it's pretty practical, especially for remote homes.

Until solar power came along, people who wanted to live in remote areas frequently had to pay large fees to have a power cable run to their house.

Now, a remote home can be virtually self-sufficient with solar power.

Even in areas where power lines are nearby, solar may be a viable alternative to being connected to a power company.

An average home has more than enough roof area to produce enough solar electricrity to supply all of its power needs.

With an inverter, which converts direct current (DC) power from the solar cells to alternating current (AC) , which is what most home appliances run on, a solar home can look and operate very much like a home that is connected to a power line.

For recreational vehicles, solar power provides the freedom to go to more remote locations, without relying on a plug-in power source or a noisy electric generator.

Systems for RVs can be small for charging batteries only or large enough to power the entire vehicle for a period of time.

Similarly, boats can use solar power for many of their power needs, rather than a generator or engine.

Solar panels ( or Photovoltaic panels) are one of the most important assets to most renewable energy systems.

They work by converting sun light directly into electricity.

The energy can be stored in batteries and used later

or can be used in Grid-Tie systems to reduce your electric bill or sell back electricity to your power

company.

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Grid-tie

Our solar panels can be used for Governent, residential houses, cabins, boats, Rv,s, security systems, telecommunication, traffic control and many other applications.

Most solar panels carry a 20 to 25 year warranty.

We carry a large variety of quality solar panels made by Astropower, Kyocera, Sanyo, Sharp, Shell (Siemens) , Sunwize and Unisolar