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New to Solar:Can I use solar panels designed for ATV batteries to power my garage lights?


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I’ve found some $50-80 solar panels for 15 watts of power used to keep ATV or boat batteries charged. Will these panels be able to be used to power my on-at-dusk light bulbs or will I have to buy other adaptive equipment?

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would it be possible to make roof tile in to a solar panel?

if roof tiles were made of solar panel materials at a similar cost as an normal roofing tile or slate it would be easy for the government to meet its carbon footprint and cut green house gas.
if 1 tile made 0.5volts then just think how much power a house or street could make.
sell the excess back to the power grid saving the consumer cash.
i just cant find out the costs for a solar cell.

Hi John

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Whats the abbsulote best Home (roof) solar panels For power produced to price?

Like the kind u put on your roof looking for a good balance between cost and power produced while still making it worth the time and effort were defiantly getting some but wanted to know the best preferably by experiance of the answerer. Thanks in advance

Experience of an answerer is not likely to tell you the "best" solar panels. All they will be able to do is give you their overall satisfaction with there system. Their satisfaction will depend on a lot of things, like the opinion of their contractor, the inverter equipment, the location with respect to angle from the sun and presence of shading influences, and their original expectations.

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Can i solar power my security lights?

I have two 100w security lights on my garage, can i power these with solar power and what do i need?

2 100 watts is a lot of power for a solar system. Could be expesive. Try a system that uses low wattage LED. The link is for a turn-key system that will actually work. It is not cheap. If you have grid power, use it with a battery backup system.

How does solar power make electricity?

Dont tell me the suns rays hit the solar panels and it makes electricity.

i need to know each step that happens when the rays hit the solar panel.

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