Residential Solar
If you plan to install solar panels at home, you must be aware of the factors needed to enhance their efficiency. The first and most important one is their direction which is different in each state of the US but North is the most used direction for solar panels as of now. Apart from that, the angle to which you are going to tilt the panels is another factor of key importance. Similarly, the number of panels and their location matter as well.
In the same way, you’ve to install batteries as well to store the power generated by these panels which is why you must be aware of the kind of batteries you must install along with their sizes. Let’s take a look at the tables which will let you know about the sizing of these batteries.
Sizing Tables for Solar Systems
If you use the power generated by the panels yourself, you’re at the benefit of not paying any amount to get electricity. Also, if the use of electricity at your home isn’t that much, that’s another great thing. The reason is that exporting electricity from Mains power in the US is too costly and is unaffordable most of the time.
The following table is showing the range of consumption along with the sizes of solar panels so that you may get an idea of which size is better in terms of usage and why.
Daily Consumption of power |
Size of Solar system |
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2kW |
3kW |
5kW |
7kW |
10kW |
|
5-10kWh |
30% |
25% |
17% |
13% |
9% |
11-15kWh |
48% |
38% |
26% |
20% |
15% |
16-20kWh |
57% |
46% |
34% |
26% |
20% |
21-25kWh |
66% |
53% |
40% |
32% |
24% |
26-30kWh |
73% |
59% |
44% |
37% |
28% |
31-40kWh |
82% |
67% |
50% |
42% |
34% |
A red cell means the system is quite comfortable with the batteries and there is no way you need to replace the batteries. However, if it is green, the payback period of this size of your solar system will be favorable to a large extent.
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