What is the best way to make my home solar powered?
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If you don't have 30 grand hanging around you must just settle for the smaller things that are offered. I changed all of my light bulbs to LED. They are expensive but my last electric bill was only $35 for a 1600 square feet 4 bedroom 2 bath home. (It is Spring, I used the A/C only 5 days because of the humidity.)
I got (9) 18 LED light bulbs off of eBay for $50 bucks. These compared to a 25 watt bulb for only 1.5 watts of energy. Think of all the light fixtures in your home. I have several ceiling fans with 5 lights in each. I use 4 of the bulbs in the outer and a florescent 7 watt in the center. That is a total of 13 watts compared to 125 watts if you even only used (5) 25 watt bulbs. You save much more it you are using 60 watts each bulb! Do you see the savings? I have a bed side lamp that uses 3 night light bulbs. I changed those too. Now I am only using 4.5 watts compared to 30 watts. Everything adds up!
My next extreme idea is going to connect solar spot lights to my windows. I found a model where I can place the solar panel outside my window, replace the spot light bulb with an LED and place the light inside my house. With decorating touches - no one will know. If nothing else will be guilt free lighting.
ok you should know not all houses can be solar due to the sun and you should look At what part of the house has more then 6 hours sun or dont worry it would be a waste. and the best way of making your house solar is to get solar panels on the roof and get solar power water tank and lights i have heaps
buy solar panels, batteries the charging regulator and the voltage inverter.
$10,000 to $35,000 worth of stuff should let you disconnect from the power company.
build a north facing roof
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If you will get sun light more than 6 hours /day in all seasons , it is good enough for you to get your home solar powered if you have not have a huge home.Depending on your power requirement you can provide as much as solar cells with accumulator for storing the energy as electric power. It should be done with an experienced person only cos the solar cells are very sensitive ones.
get it done only by trained persons only, do take a correct power survey of your home before get your home solar powered.
Solar power a house is the best way to start. But to let you know it is a big investment. The best way to start is to look at these websites to find your best investment and options and give a call for actually visit to your home to do an free anylsis.
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