solar power?

Question

does anyone live in places like arizona, texas, california.
and installed solar panels?
how much did it cost?
how much electricity does it produce?
for example, arizona has around 350 days of sun. something like that. is there enough electricity produced to AC your home?

thanks

Answer 1

I live in Calgary. there are solar powered communities near here, that actually send power back to the grid on most sunny days, even in the middle of winter. you would need a large solar collector to collect enough for your home, though costing about $25,000 just for the panels. I think the houses in those communities are costing about $100,000 more than in surrounding communities.

Answer 2

I have 810 watts of panels and I convert it to AC power. I have just over 5000 dollars invested and it will only run a 5500 BTU AC but only for a couple of hours a day. You will spend easy 25 grand to complety power your home from solar. You will need the grid as a backup because there will be a week at a time of very little or no sun. My 810 watts of panels gives me around 4.7 KWH a day and if we had good sun every day for a month the sun harvest would be 141 KWH's. We normally use about 575 KWHs a month. So take my 5 grand system times 5 and you got 25 grand. And then you could give free electric to the power grid. They do not pay you for the electric you give them. They only credit you for what you used. So if you used 100 KWHs in a month and your solar put in 110 KWHs they will credit you for the 100 and you give them 10 free KWHs. Plus you have to pay them a netmetering fee and the monthly hookup fee and taxes on the 100 KWHs you used which you can't charge them for. So if you every month gave them say 200 KWHs free for a year you would endup giveing them all that power and paying them 40 or 50 dollars a month to take it. Best to get off grid complety or enjoying being ripped off.

Answer 3

I had a college professor with Solar panels on his home in New Hampshire and he made enough electricity that he was able to sell it back to the power company.

Of topic I know, but Solar power is good almost anywhere.

Answer 4

Depends on how many panels you install and of what type, as well as how many cubic feet you are trying to cool to what temperature. It's entirely possible but you honestly would be helped out with other passive design features like building partially below grade and using shading structures to reduce the heatloads on the building.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Check out this site call Homepower, link below.

It has How-to, costing, examples and suppliers to provide Environmentally Friendly Power.

Depending on Areas, 350days of solar is tough, But no harm trying. All the Best, Thanks for going Green and Earning some Greens.

Answer 6

Pretty sure it's enough to produce A/C, but on cloudy days, you might want to have something for a back-up for cool air.

Answer 7

Homemade Solar Power Videos - http://Solar.eudko.com/?vht

Answer 8

im in texas and i have them and they cost us about $150 for our roof and we still have electricity given to us bc or house is over 16000 sf and all electric and we pay about $110 a mounth for it THATS CHEEP IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT AND IT SAVES US ABOUT $45000 A YEAR!! and it is a natral resorce so it doesent hurt the enviernment!!
if you have any more questions feel free to e-mail

Answer 9

some houses in Texas automatically have solor powered already installed in the house, it's cheaper, it's mostly in North Texas, and thats about all I know

Answer 10

it is the energy of sunlight used for different purposes . it is cheap .