Understand that adding solar electricity is not an either/or situation for most houses. Usually, it goes in right alongside the regular electric company, so that there will be power at all times, including cloudy days, and at night. But the electric bills will be less, because solar takes some of the load.
In places that have only solar for their electricity, I think the most like order of things is:
1) draw from batteries that were charged when it was sunny
2) run a generator off gas or something else
3) do without (not as horrible as it sounds, for a cabin situation - it's like camping)
Normally solar power will charge a battery, then you can use it overnight or on NON sunny days.
If not, you will need a generator that runs on oir or gas.
Best to you.
Alex
Yes, but charging time is longer. Get a DC cell and an inverter to store electricity.
You buy it from the power companies. When it's sunny, you sell your power to the power company and hopefully what you sell will match what you buy. The other way is to use batteries.
By combining it with another power source such as:
storage batteries
generator, gas, diesel, or wind.
having a "grid tie" system.
When it isnt sunny outside, how can you have electricity when you have solar power?
