Solar Power System Diagram | 4 Basic Building Blocks from Modern Survival Blog
Solar power systems vary widely in their power producing capabilities and complexity. But I wanted to sketch a simple basic solar power system diagram that shows the building blocks.
Regardless of a given system’s capacities and specifications, there’s a common thread among most of them: The basic building blocks of its major components.
1. Solar panels
2. Charge controller
3. Battery bank (if off-grid or standalone system)
4. DC to AC inverter for AC power
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Solar Power – System Diagram
I’m posting this for the beginner or the curious. The basic diagram.
The basic solar power system diagram. This does not include the additional related various subsets of components which may or may not be required depending on your installation. Things like interconnecting cables, solar panel mounts, brackets, branch ‘Y’ adapters, combiner boxes, circuit breakers, shunts and meters, grounding hardware, and other details).
First, Is Solar Power Worth it?
It depends on your objectives! First, lets face it… To implement solar energy is not cheap compared to today’s energy from the grid. Though the costs of solar are coming down!
One could argue that from strictly a cost savings point of view it might not be practical.
It may take years to reach a break-even point. Why? Because a cost analysis of a solar power system compared with that of your electric utility bill will speak for itself.
Depending on the system design and usage, the break even point varies widely.
Hover, It’s Worthwhile for Many!
Despite the cost of a given solar power system, for many it’s a worthwhile investment.
Example: If purchasing a new property with land far from the nearest road with electric utilities, it may actually (very likely) cost less to implement a solar power system than pay to run electricity to your property.
