Photo Voltaic Solar Panels produce electricity from the sun. How much sun you need to get any power and how much power you will get on your sunniest day depend on a lot of factors. Your latitude, weather patterns, material the panel is made from, and the area the panel covers are just a few things that effect the panel's out put.

Heat capturing solar panels are a little easier to understand for most people. A dark surface gets warm in the sun and then the heat gets moved ether to a heat storage device or into the living space. Think a black cat laying in the sun and then laying on a cold wife. You can also think of a roof heating up on a cold winter day and then the air in the warm attic getting used to heat the home.

Photo Voltaic Solar Panels produce electricity from the sun. How much sun you need to get any power and how much power you will get on your sunniest day depend on a lot of factors. Your latitude, weather patterns, material the panel is made from, and the area the panel covers are just a few things that effect the panel's out put.

Photo Voltaic Solar Panels produce electricity from the sun. How much sun you need to get any power and how much power you will get on your sunniest day depend on a lot of factors. Your latitude, weather patterns, material the panel is made from, and the area the panel covers are just a few things that effect the panel's out put.

Grid-tie inverters are electronic devices that convert DC power to AC power in a way that it synchronizes the sine waves allowing you to put power back on the grid. The laws in the US and Canada allow you to attach you Renewable Energy (RE) system to the grid, but require that your RE system turn off if the power goes out to protect people working on the power lines.