It’s no secret that solar power is much cleaner and much more affordable than any other kind of power. The passive collection of sunlight and conversion into electrical energy offers a type of power that can create a much cleaner energy future. However, many people wonder how effective solar power actually is. They wonder whether it can really power their entire home. This is understandable since the panels seem so passive. The best way to address this question is with an understanding of how solar power kits work along with a little calculating.
Kilowatt-Hours
Your lightbulbs and other items are measured in watts. The power used by a household or a business is measured in kilowatts. The power is then converted into kilowatt-hours, which is how much power has been used and for how many hours. So if you use .5 kilowatts per hour for five hours, you have consumed 2.5 kilowatt-hours. You need to look at your electric bill and see how many kilowatt-hours you consume in a typical month. Until then, you can assume that you consume about 4 kilowatt-hours, which is typical of an average household. Such an assumption will give you a starting point for your solar power kits in Palm Springs, CA.
You can then browse our website to see what is available. Keep in mind that consuming 4 kwh per day means that you need a total of 4 kwh from your solar panels over the course of a day.
Which Panels?
Since you know much power you need, you can then estimate which solar power kits will work. If you get about eight hours of sunlight per day and you need our kilowatt hours from your solar panels each day, you need 0.5 kilowatts from your solar panels each hour of daylight. That is a total of 500 watts. So when you are choosing a kit, you would need one that produces 500 watts or more per hour.
