What is the cost and benefit of using solar panels as an energy source for my home?

Question

Specifically, how much does it cost to purchase, install, and maintain a solar panel? How much of my energy can I tap out of it?

I live in Phoenix, Arizona. It supposedly rains four days a year here.

Answer 1

solar pannels are quit coastly but it is the best way to reduce pollution and consumption fuel. The solar pannels are prooved very useful when there is the failure of electricity and a remedy for electricity crisis.

Answer 2

As a good start, you can try out small scale solar home system that less than 50W that available at your nearest solar shop. Then you can have a good feeling how solar works :)

Normally professional solar panel does not require maintenance as long as you fix it right at the first time.

Expected life span for branded solar panel will be >20years.

Now is possible to DIY your own solar powered high efficiency LED lighting system for your home with the minimum system requirement of 16W solar panel, this will give you 160 lumen's of high brightness LED lighting for 12hour a day.

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Answer 3

I'm in the middle of putting in solar/wind to offset the power needs of a 75 unit condo in St Thomas.

Cut to the chase. Solar systems, with batteries to store power for use at night and inverters to change battery power to 120v cost about $7 a watt installed

in Phoenix you'll get about 30 watts a square foot about 10 hours a day

a 1000W panel, at $7,000 installed will run 10 100 watt light bulbs or (maybe)) an energy efficient refrigerator.

do the math

Answer 4

are you dreaming ???????????????????????????. purchasing a solar pannel for your home is not cheap. while watching a program on discovery , they made a ship container house and installed a solar pannel for 2000000$. so if you are rich enough you can install one

Answer 5

Today People are talking about Hybrid for Energy.......

so don't worry about Cost,   the Benefit will follow you.....and you home will be Energy STAR