Home Solar Power, how to use the free power from the sun around your home
There are many ways to use solar power around your home. Home solar power can be broken down into
2 areas, using the sun to create electricity or using the solar energy to heat your house and the water you use.
You would use a solar panels, with
photoelectric cells to convert the suns light into electricity. These can be mounted
on your roof, as panels or you can get solar roof tiles. The panels could also be put in your yard, and set to track the
sun all day long.
Using solar power for heat can either be in the design of your home, a simple example would be having large windows facing south
this is called passive solar. The other form
active solar, is used to heat up water or a
fluid, by passing the water/fluid through
small pipes that are heated by the sun. This hot water could then be used around your home for heating or another example
would be to heat your pool.
Other simple ways to use solar power around your home would include
solar lights or a
solar fountain in the garden.
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