Help! How Do I Choose the Best Battery for Solar Charging?
So you know you want solar. You also know you want solar power even when the skies are grey or your electricity provider goes down. You need a solar battery!
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How Does Solar Battery Storage Work?
Imagine: you’ve installed solar. You’ve had a run of gorgeous, sunny days outside and everything’s been working perfectly. Suddenly, a week of stormy, cloudy spring days rolls through. There’s not enough sun to power your solar array.
Enter: solar battery storage.
The short and sweet version of this story is that solar batteries store the excess power generated from extra-sunny days to be used during those not-so-sunny days.
Want to know more? Let’s dig in.
What’s a solar battery?
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How Does Rooftop Solar work?
The short answer:
Solar panels get installed on your roof (or ground mounted in your yard).
They generate clean energy & your electricity bill goes bye bye!
The long answer:
Here are 6 things to know about rooftop solar.
1: There are several payment options.
* There are typically 4 ways you can pay for solar panels: pay in cash, get a loan, get a lease, or sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
* We wrote a whole post breaking these down for you here.
2: You qualify for a federal tax