So during the day, electricity is on, everything is on and working fine. But at night where there is no sunlight does all the electricity shut down for the night? So there is no light on for me during the night, or I can't watch tv at night? Is it also true that with solar panels, your bills are less expensive. Can someone please tell me these things
My mum has solar panels and her electricity is still on all the time. If she uses stuff during the day, it doesn't cost her anything, as the panels are generating electricity, but at night if she uses things, then it will cost her coz there's no sun and no electricity being generated. She's still connected to the grid to use electricity but because she's feeding the electricity produced by her solar panels back into the grid the company pays her a certain amount for the no. of Watts that's produced. They cost a lot to install, but as she is generating more than she's using (even taking night time into account) she is being paid more back. e.g. before panels she paid ~?30per month. Now she receives ~?70per month. so she's about ?00 a month better off (coz she's saving the 30 AND being paid the 70 on top of that)! and will therefore gain the money back that she paid in in about 8 years or so. Hope that makes sense!
But at night where there is no sunlight does all the electricity shut down for the night? Electrical production shuts down, but most solar electric systems have some way of storing power. There are two main types of storage: . Grid tie. Basically this uses the power grid as a virtual battery. You produce extra power during sunlight hours to sell to the grid (other people use it) and you buy power from the grid when the sun doesn't shine. This is usually the most economical system, but whether you save money depends on a lot of things like: cost of installation, location, government subsidies how much you get for the electricity you sell buy. In other words, the details matter. Mostly location, which determines how much sunlight you get, electric rates, and subsidies. 2. Batteries. Usually a large bank of deep cycle lead acid batteries. Usually only used in off-grid systems and the cost of electricity is usually not competitive with grid electricity.
