How to Make a Solar Generator
If you want to create your own solar generator, you could make several different types.
A portable solar power generator could be very helpful if you like to take a lot of camping trips and need the power there, in distant locations.
But if you’re making a solar generator for your house, you could either make one that connects to your existing power source and then use it with your “on the grid” power – or you could go “off the grid” and build system that doesn’t rely on your existing power source at all.
Here I’m going to focus on the most basic option available to you – also known as the “on grid” solar generator. Even if you’re new to this and haven’t made your own energy systems before, you should still be able to follow the steps here and make your own solar generator.
Not only is this method fairly straightforward, the other advantage is that if you produce more electricity than you use in one month you’ll get paid by your electric company!
There are five basic parts required to complete this solar generator: an AC breaker panel, a kilowatt per hour meter, an array DC disconnect, an inverter, and the solar panels themselves. Here’s how you connect these five parts:
First, you need to connect your solar panels to your array DC disconnect – this ensures that you can turn the power on and off.
Next you need to convert the direct current electricity generated from the solar panels into alternating current – the kind that’s used in your house. To do this, connect the inverter to your array DC disconnect.
Finally, locate your AC breaker panel – which is usually found in your garage or on the side of your house. Then connect the inverter itself to this box.
Once this is all connected, make sure that your kilowatt per hour meter is properly connected to the AC breaker panel as well as to the grid power source that you’re using. If you don’t get this right then you won’t get paid by the electric company when you generate more power than you use in a given month.
If you don’t have the skills to connect everything properly to the AC breaker panel, you definitely want to call an electrician and have him help you. In some states it’s actually illegal to do this by yourself, so you want to be very careful.
If you can do everything here correctly, you can create your own generator and start going green today!
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