PV Gap

Bernard Said:

Wind Turbines and Solar Panels?

We Answered:

France, Germany and Japan are other great manufacturers of photovoltaic modules.
wind turbines are much more available even as price/ kWh.
if you meant solar panels for water heating - i don't know.

before getting a wind turbine and a PV modules you should check annual wind speeds, wind runs and solar radiation - if they are not big enough you will not save anything or even worst.
this alternative energy sources are not suitable for backup energy - what if their is night and wind is not blowing?
you could have an hybrid system - to combine more energy sources like eolian, solar, diesel, power grid, accumulators (for energy storage) ...

Gloria Said:

solar panels now in Nepal?

We Answered:

Friends,
I don't know whether you are asking a question or advertising your products here. If you are not asking, and advertising your products here you are doing wrong. This page of questions and answers provided by Yahoo is used by many people who want to visit Nepal and what you are doing is spam.
Let us all not make this advertisement page and contribute from our side to increase the tourism. Let us all guide our wanna be guests so that their stay in out country becomes one of the most memorable part of their life.
This is my sincere request to all of my educated fellow country - men.

Thank you.

Ella Said:

Can I connect an AC motor to the solar board directly?

We Answered:

I would pick up some books on solar panels make sure you get one that has information with basic electronic information. Solar panels make a dc voltage in most cases unless it has some type of inverter built in this would be rare. Depending on the size most are low wattage. I would guess it doesn't have the power to run the ac motor even if you could.

If you could you would need a voltage regulator and a inverter to turn the dc to ac. You would need some type of battery to use as a capacitor.

Your best bet would be to charge a battery system then buy a inverter to run off the battery and a battery charger with built in regulator they're cheap check ebay.. You could put the motor on a timer to give the panel time to charge the battery before running. This is what i would do if i wanted to say pump water for cattle on a low budget.