Comments on: Grid-Tie Solar Kit 1050 Watt http://www.solar-cheap.com/grid-tie-solar-kit-1050-watt/ Discount Photovoltaic, Solar & Wind Turbine Power Equipment Supply Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sustainable Solutions http://www.solar-cheap.com/grid-tie-solar-kit-1050-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-8013 Sustainable Solutions Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:52:48 +0000 http://www.solar-cheap.com/?p=176#comment-8013 <code><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Rf2ke/nDGnM&subid=&offerid=144043.1&type=10&tmpid=3504&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realgoods.com%2Fproduct%2Foutlet%2Fsharp%2B224%2Bwatt%2Bsolar%2Bmodule.do" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Gaiam/41-0555?$directoryThumb$"></a> <img alt="icon" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Rf2ke/nDGnM&bids=144043.1&type=10"></code> You could probably get in the neighborhood of 250 watts for a panel that size. This is enough to power small appliances such as a computer, radio, or a fan or small heater, but not enough to power a refrigerator. For comparison, it's about the energy to power 4 lightbulbs continuously. Of course, your panel only provides power when the sun is out and shining directly on it, so even more important than the hourly capacity of the panel is the storage potential of your battery array. You will need at least 3 high-quality deep cycle batteries to maintain the constant availability of power. Our 64 watt panel generally provides for all of our needs with 2 batteries connected. <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Rf2ke/nDGnM&subid=&offerid=144043.1&type=10&tmpid=3504&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realgoods.com%2Fproduct%2Foutlet%2Fsharp%2B224%2Bwatt%2Bsolar%2Bmodule.do" rel="nofollow">Real Goods offers a 224 watt Sharp solar panel about the size you described. Click the image or follow this link for more information on this and other photovoltaic systems.</a>
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You could probably get in the neighborhood of 250 watts for a panel that size. This is enough to power small appliances such as a computer, radio, or a fan or small heater, but not enough to power a refrigerator. For comparison, it’s about the energy to power 4 lightbulbs continuously. Of course, your panel only provides power when the sun is out and shining directly on it, so even more important than the hourly capacity of the panel is the storage potential of your battery array. You will need at least 3 high-quality deep cycle batteries to maintain the constant availability of power.

Our 64 watt panel generally provides for all of our needs with 2 batteries connected.

Real Goods offers a 224 watt Sharp solar panel about the size you described. Click the image or follow this link for more information on this and other photovoltaic systems.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.solar-cheap.com/grid-tie-solar-kit-1050-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-7916 Dennis Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:58:24 +0000 http://www.solar-cheap.com/?p=176#comment-7916 what is the largest wattage that a 3ft by 6ft solar panel can take in per hour, the reason I ask is I am equipting a 49ft expanded bus, turned into a motorhome that I am going to be living in fulltime, we don`t get alot of sun up here in central British Columbia Canada, and I want to have a 7+ day or more stored reserve in solar batteries. what is the largest wattage that a 3ft by 6ft solar panel can take in per hour, the reason I ask is I am equipting a 49ft expanded bus, turned into a motorhome that I am going to be living in fulltime, we don`t get alot of sun up here in central British Columbia Canada, and I want to have a 7+ day or more stored reserve in solar batteries.

]]> By: dwight higley http://www.solar-cheap.com/grid-tie-solar-kit-1050-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 dwight higley Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:24:59 +0000 http://www.solar-cheap.com/?p=176#comment-2226 What is the cheapest way to get a solar grid for my house. What is the cheapest way to get a solar grid for my house.

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