by John Lynn | Feb 25, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Electricity Power Savers, Do They Really Work? Who wouldn’t want a gadget that you can buy on eBay that simply plugs into a power outlet in your home and cuts your electricity bill in half? My guess would be that everybody would want one. If your yearly electricity...
by John Lynn | Feb 11, 2019 | Off Grid Living
My Home Is Frequently Shaded. Is Solar Worth It? If you live in an area where you have very little access to the sun, then putting solar panels on the roof of your home to reduce your electricity bill may not be a commercially viable option. If your home is located in...
by John Lynn | Feb 4, 2019 | Off Grid Living
How Often Should You Clean Your Solar Panels? Your solar panels do not collect energy at night. During a full moon on Halloween the panels may register a voltage with a multimeter, but you’re not going to run household appliances regardless of how many hounds are up...
by John Lynn | Jan 21, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Solar Panel Efficiency Through The Years. Solar panels were invented by Alexander Becquerel in 1839 and had an efficiency of about 1%. Bell Laboratories came up with the silicon solar panel in 1954 with an improved efficiency of just over 4%. In 1960 Hoffman...
by John Lynn | Jan 7, 2019 | Off Grid Living
How long does it take to pay off your solar panels? This is commonly referred to as the “payback time” and because producing the aluminium and silicon required to make solar panels is energy intensive, this doesn’t happen overnight. In most applications the...
