PV Gap

Clifford Said:

Would you buy a house built from alternative material and powered with solar power instead of regular housing?

We Answered:

Absoultely!!!! In fact we are in the process of building our "green" home here very soon!!! There are so many advantages to green living...both for your family and for the environment!!

Patricia Said:

can any one help me to put a solar power to my house in canada?at what cost?

We Answered:

Get your electric bills for the last year. Total them and divide that number by 356 to get your electric usage per day. I am thinking you only get about 3 hours of peak sun in Canada depending where you live. If that is so divide that number by 3 and you have a rough number in wattage to go by. If you use 15 kWh per day (15000 watts) divided by 3 would tell you that you need about 5000 watts in solar panels.

But you got a lot more to think about that then just how many panels you would need. Try putting CF lighting in your home and cook and heat with gas not electric. Build a solar space heater to heat your home with on cold sunny days. Get a wind mill.

Remember an inverter and charge controller and wiring cost a lot as well as the solar panels do.

Shop around a little. You don't have to buy everything from the same place. Find the lowest prices on solar panels at one place and get the inverter at another place and the charge controller at some other place. I have yet to see any one place have the lowest prices on everything.