Solar Power Systems: The Basics
As the world’s population increases, the need for energy as well as energy costs is rising too. While most people are still troubled on how to keep up with this dilemma, others have already found the solution by using solar energy to light up their homes.
Solar power systems are used to generate energy for a person’s home. It can be a basic or high end model. This can be set up to provide electricity, heat water or both. It is made up of four primary components which are the solar panels, a charging controller, a battery and an inverter.
The power system works likes photosynthesis. When the sun’s light hits the surface of the solar panel, the electrons are absorbed by the panel and converted to direct current (DC) electricity. This DC passes through a charging controller which regulates the amount electricity that goes into the system. The DC then goes to the battery for storage.
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