| Tapping into solar energy for home use | | | | When your home panels create energy, it goes to |
| represents a big environmental savings, but is it | | | | the electric company and offsets your energy |
| for you? Check out your options before you | | | | use. Sometimes you make more than you use, |
| decide. With just a few dollars and an hour of | | | | and they credit your account or pay you for the |
| time, you can install lighting around your house | | | | difference. |
| that run off of solar power Tapping into solar | | | | With a UI system, you have the same |
| energy for home use represents a big | | | | experience as you do without solar panels. You |
| environmental savings, but is it for you? Check | | | | work with the electric company and if there's an |
| out your options before you decide. | | | | outage, you lose your power just like your |
| Simple Solutions | | | | non-solar sporting neighbors. This is where a UI |
| Your options encompass much more than large | | | | system with a generator comes into play. Just like |
| panels bolted to the side of your home. With just | | | | any home with a generator, the backup source of |
| a few dollars and an hour of time, you can install | | | | electricity keeps your house humming when the |
| lighting around your house that run off of solar | | | | power company's down and out. |
| power. | | | | Going "off-grid" means no connection to the |
| From heating water to charging devices, solar | | | | electric company. Your solar panels create |
| energy can offset your electricity consumption | | | | electricity that gets wired straight into your home. |
| and electricity waste. If you don't have the funds | | | | With this option, you have to make a few |
| to invest in a home solar-electric system (despite | | | | changes to maximize your electricity. |
| government incentives), you still have ways to | | | | When considering whether or not to invest in |
| harvest energy from the sun. | | | | solar energy solutions, remember to keep all your |
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| If you can invest in photovoltaic panels, you have | | | | tons of technical know-how. You don't have to |
| options, too. | | | | give up modern conveniences to tap the power |
| UI set-ups tie your home to the electric wiring | | | | of the sun. |
| that comes and goes to the power company. | | | | |