| If you are looking for a way to lower your | | | | doesn't generate electricity as efficiently as the |
| energy costs each month, installing a solar power | | | | first style of panel is will still do the job. This style |
| system for your home might be the right answer | | | | of panel is the most commonly used. |
| for you. Installing electric solar panels on your | | | | The third style of electric solar panel is called |
| home can be a great improvement project and | | | | Amorphous and it is built by applying silicon directly |
| can also raise the value of your home. Solar | | | | onto stainless steel plates. It is less efficient than |
| power technology have advanced over the years | | | | the other choices and will require more of these |
| and they now are a economical and practical way | | | | type of electric solar panels to generate the same |
| of generating up to all of a home's power | | | | amount of power you would get from a few of |
| requirements. | | | | the other two types. |
| Installing electric solar panels on your home takes | | | | After deciding on which type of solar electric |
| a little planning. The first step you need to take is | | | | panel to use, you will have to mount the panels |
| to find your previous electrical usage. If you do | | | | on your home's roof. You have a number of |
| this you will get a good idea of your future | | | | different methods of doing this, and a rail system |
| consumption and you can size your system based | | | | is the most secure of them. The rails are |
| on this information. | | | | attached to your roof and are the base for the |
| Once you know how large your system needs to | | | | solar panels. The rails are connected through the |
| be you have to decide what type of electric solar | | | | roof and into its beams. |
| panels you want to install. In the field of solar | | | | Once these are mounted and weatherproofed |
| panels, they are all called Photo Voltaic (PV) even | | | | you can install your solar electric panels on top of |
| though there are basically three different types of | | | | them. The entire rail assembly will be mounted |
| electric solar panels available. | | | | with an inch or two of clearance between the |
| The first kind of electrical solar panel is know as | | | | panels and the roof to provide for clear access |
| Monocrystalline, because the panel is made from | | | | for rain and debris to run under the solar electric |
| one big crystal. Because this type of panel still | | | | panels, and for proper ventilation. |
| produces power in lower light situations and it will | | | | If your home does not have perfect exposure to |
| generate more energy than other panels it is the | | | | catch the suns rays for your solar electric panels, |
| best choice. The only problem is that because it is | | | | you may have to use a more sophisticated |
| made from one costly crystal it is more | | | | mounting. You can buy a mounting rail system |
| expensive than other panels. | | | | that will adjust the angle of panels as the sun |
| Another type of solar panel is called | | | | moves across the sky to make sure that the |
| Polycrystalline, and although it is much the same | | | | panel has maximum exposure. They can be more |
| as the first type of panel, these panels are made | | | | costly, but the panels will generate much more |
| of a number of smaller crystals. Even though it | | | | energy. |