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Facts about solar panel installation

Julian HawkinsJuly 31, 2018 1041 0

Facts about solar panel installation

Wherever you look, solar panels cover the landscape. Those solar panels are on top of homes, shielding office parking lots, near to schools, and even on gas station roofs. Comprehending all of this solar power is making you think about it, but you haven’t made a decision. It’s time to fix this. 

We are here to help put away some of these fears and fables surrounding solar power so that you can better understand the real pros and cons of solar panel system ownership.
 

The solar panel prices continue to decrease

The doubt is that it is just too pricey and considering it’s that expensive, why even bother to go solar. The fact is that solar panel prices are slipping all the time. The former budgetary saying that opposition pushes rates down is at work here. Solar panel installation companies know that there are a plethora of additional companies doing the exact same thing and that makes them all try to keep their prices about the same to stay competitive.

When it comes to solar panels there are no moving parts

If one quote seems too expensive, get another from someone else. The solution here is to parallel some quotes from three to four different solar panel installation companies and take the one you like the most. There are also solar rebates at the federal, and state level that can really cut down on the total price of solar panel installations. Because of the falling prices in both solar panels and their installation, people can expect to recoup the cost of their installation in five to eight years, whereas before it took 10 to 15 years to recoup the investment.

The concern is that solar panel installations are one difficult process. In actuality, solar panels have no moving parts, they are attached to racks, and pinning them up to inverters is almost a plug-n-play process. Your bounded utility will send someone out to install a net-meter in your home, and they usually do this free of charge. Essentially once everything is accurately installed in racks, the panels are connected, and they start working. It isn’t easy enough people should install the panels themselves, but the process is getting easy enough that companies charge less to do it now.
 

A majority of solar panel installations are done in a timely manner


The concern is that solar panel installations will take too long. In actuality, most residential solar panel installations take a day or two at the most. The process of tendering plans and having them supported by specific districts can sometimes take a while, but each city and town varies with their consent process. Once everything is established and available, the solar panel installation takes a day.
 

You'll save an immense amount of money when you decide to go solar

The fact is that a good solar panel installation will be able to withstand the hottest summer day while you blast the air conditioning. Solar panel installers look at how much power you use and they design a solar panel system that resembles that usage. If you use less, you sell that extra power back to the utility, a program called net-metering.
The dilemma is that you will never be able to decrease your electricity bill even after getting fitted with your own customized solar panel system.

With solar panels, you can connect to the grid, so you don't need batteries 

During the day, you might generate more power than you need, and that power is not simply lost. It is imported onto the grid, and at night, when your solar panels are asleep, you get that energy back from the grid. If you use more energy than you produce, you do have to pay, but if you generate more than you use, the utility pays you. The concern is that you require batteries to save power for when it is dark outside. Unless you live in a region that is entirely off the grid, you certainly don’t need a battery. The grid is the battery.

Solar panel installations made easy

Relative to the solar panel energy security boost, solar-powered homes presents the great benefit of energy self-sufficiency. The sun is never going to leave, and the fuel for solar panels cannot be purchased or acquired. It is free for all to use. Once you have solar panels on your roof, you have an independent, unending source of electricity for many years to come.

There is an aggregation of solar panel installation companies that only perform solar loans, local utilities help with financing, and even local banks are warming to solar. Many times the loan payment is the same or less than your old electric bill, so you don’t notice any distinction until abruptly it is all paid off and you save the money each month. For more info about solar financing check out our complete solar financing guide.The concern is that you have to come up with all the money up front. It is true that is one of the benefits, but here’s another word. Financing! It is the way the world runs, and solar is no different.
 

 

If you want to move into the future and join the solar revolution, or if you want to find out what solar panels are right for you, go to HahaSmart.com and try our price checker tool. You can see how much a system will cost, and how much you can save over the next 20 years.

For more information relating to going solar, don't forget to visit our solar blog section for more handy guides and articles.

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