Posts Tagged ‘solar panels’

Redlands Home Solar Installation

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

This home installation of a solar PV grid tied system is 7.128 KW in size.

Redlands One Before

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

Redlands One After

A Sunny Boy Inverter 7000W was used to connect to the grid.

Redlands One Electrical

Redlands One Electrical

What Are Solar Panels

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Solar Panels
Solar panels can be one of two types:

  • photo-voltaic modules that generate electricity
  • thermal collectors used to heat water

PV Modules

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).

Thermal Collectors

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.