How do you connect solar power to your house?

Answer 1

Basically you need to change the dc created from the panel to ac. You will need an inverter for this. This will create a steady current sutable for the home. This can either be direct from the solar panel or the panels can connect to a bank of batteries which can store the energy and the inverter can be connected to the batteries and then to the ac cuurent in the home. See the link for how to get great info.

Answer 2

There are many do-it-yourself kits available, as well as many solar power installation businesses that can offer you a package. This will largely depend on how ambitious your solar power goals are.

Although there are many stories of people living "off the grid" or powering their homes and the local electric company being forced to pay them for the excess power they generate, there are many people who get started with solar power with less ambitious goals. You may want to start by supplying power to a single device, such as a refrigerator or freezer, or you may only want to supply enough power to offset the costs of running a computer in your home.

Setting up solar power for an entire home can cost as much as a year or two of electric power bills or considerably more, so some may have difficulty getting together enough money to do it. A home improvement loan could be the answer, and adding solar power can dramatically increase the attractiveness of a home if you intend to sell it. With the new solar shingles, you might not even be able to tell if a home is solar powered.

It's important to note that there will need to be space in your home for the batteries and power inverters, as well as external areas available for solar panels.