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Dec 22, 2009 
Solar Lamp Wall
How much electricity does an average solar panel generate?
I'm talking about the average roof panel, maybe 3' x 5', and on a sunny day.
Is it enough to run a large appliance by itself? How many small load wall sockets (i.e. ones with small lamps, clock radios) could be run on one panel?
maybe 150 watts, enough for a few light bulbs, possibly a small TV. Add up the wattage numbers of the items you want to run and see if it's less than 150.
You will also need a battery, a charge controller, and an inverter.
Remember that the wattage number is only in direct sunlight, with the sun perpendicular to the panel. If just one small part of the panel is in shade, you get no output.
As soon as the sun moves away from perpendicular, the power output starts to drop.
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The Solar Powered Home
In the 1970s many homes began to use solar technologies to receive a bit of electricity or to supply the family with hot water. Today, solar powered homes can do far more than create electricity while the sun shines. They can charge entire banks of batteries that can operate refrigerators, solar lights and other devices entirely “off the grid”, they can have specially designed openings for incredible daytime lighting and they can have a range of exterior lighting options powered strictly and entirely by the sun.
The majority of modern, solar powered homes will have banks of collectors positioned to receive and absorb optimal solar radiation. While some homes remain on the grid, and subsequently feed the public utilities as they charge their own batteries, there are others that aim to live entirely free of the utility companies all together. Incredibly this is entirely possible as long as the home or structure has been optimized for such a design, and if it is in a geographic location that is not prone to cloud cover or lengthy periods of overcast weather. For example, though areas of New England do have solar powered homes and buildings, these tend to remain on the grid as the colder months can see many days without the type of brilliant sun required for solar power.
Any modern home with solar power is also going to have to consider the types of appliances installed in the building as well. Not only will they need to be energy efficient, but they may need to be designed especially to meet the capabilities of solar electricity. Are such items very difficult to acquire? Interestingly they are quite easy to find, and the major home improvement stores make many available.
The exterior of many homes can also be outfitted with a huge array of solar fixtures as well, and these are a far cry from the earliest days of solar lighting. Today’s solar fixtures come as solar lamp posts, wall-mounted units, motion sensor spot or flood lights and even as highly decorative lamps that can be easily moved from one area to another. There are also many styles of solar path lights, which are hugely popular, and used for gardens as well as walkways and are often installed for security as well as beauty.
It is exciting to imagine where solar technologies will be within the next thirty years, especially when one considers just how quickly the technology has advanced and then been implemented in many day to day ways in our modern era.
About the Author
Jonathan Gal is a solar lighting expert and owner of YCA Solar Lights, an organization dedicated to promoting clean, energy efficient solar lighting technology. To find out more about how solar technology is changing the way we live, especially with respect to lighting, you are invited to visit Jonathan's Solar Lighting site.
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