Actual Walkthrough Video of a Small Home Solar Power System
Have you ever wonder what an actual home solar power system will look like? Watch the video above and you’ll know what are the components of a residential solar power system.
The system is collecting the sun’s power using twelve units of 1 amp solar panels. Individual solar panel is producing 15 watts each with a total power of 180 watt per hour.
What type of electrical appliances can you use with this simple setup?
You can use it to run all types of lights, fans, television and stereos in your house. You can also use it to run your kitchen appliances such as microwave, coffee maker, blender, can opener, toaster etc.
You can basically use the solar system with almost any electrical devices that do not consume too much power.
How much does it cost to setup the complete solar system?
Your investment ranges from $1200 to $1300 depending on the solar components and the number of deep cycle battery need.
If you want to save some money, you can make the solar panel via a Do It Yourself (DIY) approach. What you’ll need is some hand tools, a design blueprint and a good instructional guide.
If you are looking for a DIY solar panel guide, check out the Green DIY Energy e-book. It comes together with 6 high definition (HD) instructional videos showing you step by step how to solder the Photovoltaic (PV) cells together and how to arrange the cells in the panel box.
I don’t believe the photovoltiac cell system is good enough at this time to really be cost efficient for the average home —Del
I would like to know how to run a larger system and use the homes existing electrical wiring.
impressive. I do not plan to build one just yet but in 5 years I will. Hopefully, there will be advances that will make solar power generation more efficient at relatively the same cost.
In the meantime, I will continue to monitor and learn.
Thank You!
i want to used solar panel how much panel i need to power up my house
Thanks Will. I ‘enjoyed’ the video; pretty informative and going to be very helpful for rigging up my own home system. However, it would be more helpful if you could please provide full details of your system like specification, price and how to order/obtain them on line. I am planning to have 12 panels, each at 15 V (peak), 3.5 A (peak) connected in parallel. What kind of charge controller will suffice for the lot at 12 V battery input? A simple PWM type or MPPT which is very much in vogue these days?
Please acknowledge, clarifying.
Best wishes.
Dr S C Bhargava
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My goodness, here is my thought on this whole thing!! First off, you, on your free 30 DIY solar/wind power system videos, have a video that claims you can build a home solar power system for under $200.00. Not the $1,200, to $1,300.00 you are now claiming. So, I click on this video, cause you have definitely peeked my interest, and guess what?????? “You tube” has shut the video down for violating their rules! Probably because you claim to make an entire home solar power system, which requires solar panels, tie inverters, batteries, and a lot more equipment, when you actually can only build a solar panel for $200.00. HHmmmm, question, is this just another online scam to take peoples money??/
Video is good but I am scared it might be a form of scam.How can I proof it is not a scam?
The only way to proof to yourself it is not a scam is build your own homemade solar power system.
I saw the vedio and reviewed it a few times . i learn more by listening .I get it completely. A good job .No boubt your ROI could be realized with in 1-2 years depending on you avg monthly use while still on the grid,however, be extremly careful about res. electric codes.House the battery bank and try x-nay ont he ext cords.Again great first effort.