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Ever dreamed of having your own home solar system? The one that provides you with loads of green energy and pays your electricity bills? Well, now you can get one fast and without too much calculating and scheming. The prices for solar panels fall and electricity rates rise, the state still encourages its citizens to switch to renewable energy, so there is no better time to invest in solar than now.
Solar system for home generally consists of 12-35 PV modules. The average size of a solar installation in the US is 6 kW. That’s generally enough to offset your dependability on the grid by 75%, though your exact energy needs depend on your appliances and the size of your home. The panels are usually installed on the roof, but you can put them in the yard or even on the walls. The downside of ground-based installations is that they get dirty quicker and take up space, but in return they are easier to install and adjust to maximize the production.
The right positioning is very important for a solar power system for home. In the northern hemisphere the panels should face south, if possible. The tilt of panels can be equal to your latitude, though in the USA any angle between 30 and 45 degrees works fine.
Most residential systems are grid-tie which means that your house is connected to the grid, but the appliances are powered by a solar array. You can pump all the excess solar energy back into the grid, which gains you credits from your utility company. A grid-tie system needs panels, an inverter and addons, like wires, optimizers and monitoring devices. To ease the task of picking up all the components, we offer solar panel kits for home which already have all the necessary components that you might need.
Our solar calculator allows you to devise the installation of your dreams. Just choose a panel of your choice and the expected power capacity of your system. The calculator will figure out the area that system needs, estimated cost and potential savings that system can bring. The device also offers you an inverter that is compatible with the system of your design, allowing you to make your own solar kit for home. The calculator asks you for your zip code because your location is important for calculating how much energy the system will produce and for including electricity rates in the calculation.
The cost of solar system for home generally heavily relies on the brand of brand that you choose — they are going to be your main expense. Chinese panels are the cheapest, the most popular brands there are JA Solar, Trina and LONGi Solar. North American offer solid quality PV modules for medium price — look for Canadian Solar, Mission Solar or Silfab. The panels from LG, Panasonic, REC are the most expensive, but they provide a lot of power and are of the highest quality.
We recommend you to take into consideration your location and the weather there when picking panels for your solar system for home. If the sky is often cloudy in your area, pick panels with good performance in low-light conditions — Canadian Solar and Q CELLS panels are famous for that. If it’s Arizona or Texas and it gets really hot, that’s not very good for panels either — you need panels with good performance at high temperatures, for example modules from REC or Panasonic. Finally, there are states where tornadoes and hurricanes can be an issue. In that case you need sturdy panels to build a solar home system. REC, Mission Solar, Axitec solar panels are the ones that come to mind.
Don’t forget that you can make use of all sorts of incentives that the state offers. The biggest one of them is the Federal Solar Tax Credit which allows you to get back 26% of the solar system for home cost through taxes in 2022, including expenses like shipping and labor. Speaking of federal incentives, there are solar loans that allow you to get a system faster with a very low interest rate. There are also local policies and laws concerning solar in states — for example, solar panel system for home is often exempted from property tax assessment. Your installer often knows all about the installation details in the particular state and should consult you on all the rebates and incentives that you can get.
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