Solar power? anyone changed to this?

Question

im wanting check into solar power and wanting your ideas on how to do it and change to this.what can u run on it and where to buy this stuff?thanks

Answer 1

You need to be aware of one thing, you need a permit from your city to convert your home to solar energy.  Approval from the city and your local power company is required to sign off on this conversion.

Answer 2

You mean changing your entire household power to solar power? That's going to be mighty expensive.

I don't have an answer to your question as to what can run on it and where to buy it. However...I did want to make a comment. Consider the size of the solar panel on something like a little solar calculator. Most of them are about half of an inch to an inch long, and roughly a quarter of an inch in width. This is just to power something that runs off from a little button battery.

Now consider the power that your washer, dryer, t.v., all of your lights, your ac/heating system run on. Realistically...half of your roof would have to be a complete solar panel, at the very least. I'm more tempted to say that it would take a solar panel the size of your entire roof to run everything for a typical household. A solar panel that size...I have no idea exactly how much it would cost. It would definitely have to be custom built and custom fitted/wired for your house, of course.

A panel that big would probably cost something like $20,000+.