How does solar energy work? Good question :). The sun hits your solar system and the solar panels produce direct current. Next, the direct current is converted to alternating current in order for the energy to be usable in your home. If you have a string inverter, the direct current will...
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When you go solar, you’re still going to be connected to the grid and you’re going to need to know how net metering works. Net metering policy varies state to state, however the basics behind the policy are very similar. Here’s how it works. During the day, your solar system produces...
Your electric meter will undergo some serious improvements once you decide to go solar. Generally, for a residential connection, service wires from the utility are fed to a consumer’s house through an energy meter, where the incoming electrical energy is measured and the customer is...
A solar company will size your solar system by evaluating your annual electricity consumption. Since your energy usage will fluctuate monthly, you will want to find your average monthly usage over the course of a year. Typically, you’ll want to design a system to cover all of this...