in turn provide power in the event of power outages.

Will The Residential Solar Power System Work In Your Home?

Residential solar power systems are fine for most homes and are engineered to work with most roofing materials and all that is required is plenty of sunshine. A sunny place having approximately 120 square meters should suffice for small systems while for larger systems one may need 1,000 square meters and a south-facing roof area is ideal though solar heating panels may also be mounted in other directions and would in any case produce as much as ninety percent of power as compared to the south-facing systems. The number of solar panels used will largely depend on the average electrical usage, climate, angle of the roof, as well as shading problems and to calculate the array size of solar panels one should multiply average daily electrical demand in kilowatt hours by 0.25.

Typically, a residential solar power system that has no moving parts and which is made of inert materials and are tough would last for many years without any problem though batteries may require to be replaced every five to ten years. The residential solar power system has a meter that tells the homeowner how much electricity is being generated and used and when the power is sent back to the utility grid and is useful in managing the household usage adequately.