If you want to offset some of your house’s electricity consumption by using solar electricity, but don’t want the hassle of charging and taking care of batteries here’s the thing for you. But take note, if you plan to go with this setup it is important to understand that once the power goes out from your power company, so does the electricity in your house since your “on-grid.”
To have continuous power or atleast some backup, you would need some batteries installed.
The components that you will be using are:
- Solar Panels or PV
- Array Disconnect
- *Charge Controller
- *Deep Cycle Battery
- *System Meter
- *Main DC Disconnect
- Inverter
- AC Breaker Panel
- Kilowatt per Hour Meter
- Grid tie in
The one’s in red with an * before it are the optional components needed if you want to have battery back-up installed.
And as always, for easier comprehension check out the diagram below…
