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Originally Posted by MayfairMeat
What kind of roof size do you have? Straight-through? Standard Airlite?
I was wondering if I buy a larger corner straight-through or a porchfront... how much energy I could generate by covering the entire roof (save for the gas flu chimney and the bathroom skylight)... with PV.
Would it be enough to run my fridge and the lights off of it?
How big of a battery would I need to install in the basement and how long could I stay off the mains and stay on solar?
Or will I save money by partitioning circuits in the house to Solar PV and keeping the hgih-load stuff (fridge, dryer) on the mains while ceiling fans, lights and computer equipment run off solar?
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Flat roofs are no problem with PV panels.....just face them south and calculate the suns angle....take the min/max (summer vs winter) and set them in between...or have a solar tracker setup.
As far as batteries go.....AGM's and gel-celled are the best.....I suggest
Deka since they are in Yeadon.