Chris asks… If you plan to use 500 watts per hour of electricity how many solar panels and batteries will you need? Assuming that you plan to use car batteries or something similar(deep cycle), plus an inverter (or many), and solar panels? And what kind of solar panels should you get? What will the approximate [...]

Paul asks… Can I set up a DIY solar system in Utah and still stay connected to the grid? I purchased my home last year and would like to build myself some solar panels to supplement my energy use. The purpose would be to reduce my power consumption and power bill. I am not interested [...]

George asks… Harbour Freight has Solar panels on sale. Should i buy them? Well, It says 45 watts. Is that each panel? And if you get the panels then what?? You can’t plug into a PANEL can you?? I want to be able to run my fridge if power is out for ten days again [...]