| When you think of solar panels for your home, | | | | the polycrystalline solar panel is the number one |
| were you aware that there are three different | | | | choice for homeowners when picking their solar |
| types of panels? Each has its upside and downside | | | | project. You won't find the polycrystalline lasting |
| to its purpose, and this article's purpose is to go | | | | any less longer than its monocrystalline cousin. |
| through each of them, to allow you enough | | | | Could be because it is less cost than the mono. |
| information to make an informed decision on | | | | Which brings us to the amorphous, or thin panel |
| yours. The three types of panels for home are | | | | type. Obviously, this is the one that costs the |
| the monocrystalline, the polycrystaline and the thin | | | | least, is the least efficient, and doesn't last nearly |
| solar panels for home. This last type is also | | | | as long as the other two. Before you think that |
| known as an amorphous solar panel. The more | | | | this is the best choice for you, simply because it |
| that goes into producing a panel type, the greater | | | | is the least expensive, then weigh the other |
| its cost. Let's look at these three: | | | | considerations before deciding. Do you want a |
| First up is the monocrystalline panel. Obviously this | | | | solar panel that is forty percent less efficient than |
| is the most expensive of the three because, by | | | | the mono? Do you want to use panels that won't |
| it's very name it has the most going into its | | | | last a quarter of a century? Are these |
| production. It is also around forty percent more | | | | considerations worth sacrificing for a little up front |
| efficient than the thin panel. With all the | | | | saving? |
| complexity and efficiency of this panel, it is no | | | | There you have a light review of the three |
| surprise to learn that it will last you more than | | | | common types of solar panels. This should give |
| twenty-five years. | | | | you the information you need to plan your |
| Down a notch but no less important is the | | | | project, knowing exactly what you need to get |
| polycrystalline panel. While temperature change | | | | to give you and your home the best solar energy |
| does affect this panel type the same way as it | | | | equipment possible. |
| does the monocrystalline, and efficiency is less, | | | | |