Finding the Right Sized Solar Panel System for Your Home
With homeowners who are increasingly looking for sustainable choices to lower energy costs and reduce their environmental impact, solar has emerged as a popular alternative. Yet, changing our world’s power source is itself a fundamentally important step. The correct size of your solar panel system is critical to its success in saving money for you and also being an economical choice for most homes. Here at City Point Solar, our experienced team has been working in this field for over a decade. We are committed to guiding you through that next stage-ensuring that whatever decision will meet all of your power needs is made by an informed person!
Understanding Your Energy Needs
If you want to figure out how big a solar panel system you need, the first step is to find out about your household’s electricity consumption. The past year’s electricity bills will tell you what your average monthly use is, by kilowatt-hours (kWh). This is formal data input that will stand as a base for working out what size of solar plant you can suit your needs.
Remember, your energy consumption can change depending on the number of people living in a home and how many kinds of appliances they use. For families with multiple electronic devices or who run extensive heating and cooling systems most of the day, they may need to choose solar panel systems that are much larger than others might find sufficient.
Calculating the Solar System Size
Computing the Size of the Solar System. First of all, when you know your energy requirements, you can start to figure out the solar panel system to suit. As a rule of thumb, a 1 kW solar system can generate 4-5 kWh per day, depending on where you live and how much sunshine falls on it In order to work out the size of the solar power system that you need, divide your average monthly electricity consumption by that of a 1 kW system in your region. If for instance in each day 5 hours light is given and your usage amounts to 600 kWh of energy per month, then to supply all those needs would require something like 6-7 kW of installation work.
Plan For Future Energy Needs
When you size your solar panel system, besides considering present power needs of yourself and those around you, well also consider any future development stage. For example, if you plan to expand your family, purchase new appliances or invest in electric vehicles, it may be better that you size your systems large enough now so as to avoid the necessity for later modifications or additions.
At City Point Solar, we always encourage our customers to consider their future energy needs in planning the size of system. This way you will save yourself unnecessary costs down the line.
The Importance of Professional Assessment
While you can attempt to estimate the size of your solar panel system by yourself, working with the experts will return more accurate results. At City Point Solar, our group of specialists is devoted to helping both homes and commercial premises to make the move towards solar energy. We carry out thoroughly surveyed appraisals of your property and take into consideration aspects such as roof direction, shading and local climate factors in recommending the correct size. Customized solar solutions can then be designed accordingly to suit what fits best in terms of geography and terrain according to conditions within any given area.
Quality Installation at Reasonable Prices
City Point Solar values include experience, dedication and all our efforts are towards the provision of first-class service. We take pride in providing such good solar installation services at feasible costs that you, more than anyone else, realize just how well it has paid off.
