| Solar power for homes is fast becoming a | | | | is capable of creating an electric current when |
| standard requirement for house buyers. Many | | | | exposed to sun light. The electricity generated by |
| people are becoming more aware of | | | | the array can be diverted into a batteries bank |
| environmental issues such as global warming, | | | | through a charge controller. The function of the |
| pollution, rising energy cost etc. We are more | | | | charge controller is to regulate the batteries |
| conscious on how we use limited resources such | | | | charging process and to restrict any current back |
| as energy. One of the largest expenses in owning | | | | flow to the array. Since a battery can only store |
| a house is the electricity bills. One solution that has | | | | Direct Current (DC), an inverter would have to be |
| been proven to reduce power consumption at | | | | used to change DC to Alternate Current (AC). AC |
| home is with renewable energy concept such as | | | | is used to run almost all of the electrical appliances |
| solar. How does a home solar technology works? | | | | in our household. |
| This article will provide some useful information of | | | | The cost of using solar power for homes is |
| the subject. | | | | relatively cheap nowadays. It used to be very |
| The idea of using solar power for homes is quite | | | | expensive to setup a home solar energy system |
| simple. The system uses solar array to harness | | | | and it will take decades to recoup our initial |
| the sun energy and convert it into usable | | | | investment. With new manufacturing process, the |
| electricity. Solar arrays are made from solar cells | | | | cost of solar cells has drop substantially. Using |
| soldered together in series. Solar cell or | | | | renewable energy for our homes has become |
| Photovoltaic (PV) is a semiconductor element and | | | | more practical. |