Comments on: small residential solar power system

By: desertsun02

desertsun02 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:26:27 +0000

@jettlesschan the electric bill is about 25% lower in the winter months. only about 10% lower in the summer months though, due to the fact that my central ac accounts for for a very large part of the bill and does not run off of the solar system.

By: CTOL1

CTOL1 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:40:20 +0000

@CTOL1 Oh a 25 amp one cool

By: CTOL1

CTOL1 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:38:29 +0000

Very nice. am getting closer, almost backwards in my approach. I have a 1500/3000 watt pure sine inverter & a 1800 too.
Glass panes I have found, and about 2.6 KW of cells to build into panels. I see these panels and cells keep getting cheaper over the past 6 months or so, I guess many US firms have packed it in and moved to China.
Did I miss your charge controller/regulator ?

By: jettlesschan

jettlesschan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:35:06 +0000

how much do you save on bills

By: r2b274

r2b274 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:39:14 +0000

Been watching a lot of DIY PV project, yours is really simple but great.

By: pambalafolle

pambalafolle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:15:13 +0000

Ingenious, thanks I will try it too.

By: desertsun02

desertsun02 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:10:43 +0000

@kricotoy a 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter for $200.00 is a good deal. i’ve decided to buy A Xantrex prowatt sw inverter.

By: desertsun02

desertsun02 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:01:37 +0000

@Tomthetoolman100 i bought the panels from Harbor Freight Tools. a 3 panel set cost about $200.00 but i have seen them for $169.00 a set on sale.

By: desertsun02

desertsun02 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:56:29 +0000

@tmjump96 batteries do put out a very small amount of hydrogen when in the final stages of charging. it is a very small amount that would easily dissipate in a large room. (the air in an average room of a house is completely exchanged with outside air every 4 hours or so just from air entering around windows doors etc…)

By: Tomthetoolman100

Tomthetoolman100 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:39:49 +0000

how much was the panels and where from