This home installation of a solar PV grid tied system is 7.128 KW in size.
Redlands One Before
The installation covers two section of roof, for a total of 33 Sharp panels operating at 216 watts each.
Redlands One After
A Sunny Boy Inverter 7000W was used to connect to the grid.
Redlands One Electrical
Solar panels can be one of two types:
Photo Voltaic (PV) modules (aka panels) are a packaging of an interconnected assemly of PV cells, also called solar cells. These cells are ganged together to create a higher voltage of direct current (DC).
A solar thermal collector is designed specifically to generate and capture heat, generally in the form of air, or liquid, such as water, glycerin or alcohol.
Thermal collectors are generally used for heating space or water.