How Does Solar Power Work?
Lights are powered by 12 volt, “deep-cycle” batteries. Each day the sun hits the solar panel and charges this battery. Unlike the 110 volt A/C system you have at home, this system does not provide unlimited electricity. If you leave the lights on all the time, you will run down the charge on the battery, your lights will dim and eventually go out completely. The following morning, as soon as the sun hits the solar panel, you will have electricity to operate your computer and lights; however, some of that electricity is necessary to recharge the battery or your lights and computer will not work after the sun goes down that evening. IF you ran down the battery the night before (your lights dimmed and went out), give your battery a chance to recharge the following day for at least four hours. This means don’t use your lights, computer or other electronics for at least four hours during the day. A normal day usually provides eight hours of sunlight on the solar panel.
Your lights (and 12-volt receptacles at Manatee-in-the-Moon) are powered by a single 12 volt, deep-cycle battery. Each day the sun hits the solar panel and charges this battery. Unlike the 110 volt A/C system you have at home, this system does not provide unlimited electricity. If you leave the lights on all the time, you will run down the charge on the battery, your lights will dim and eventually go out completely. The following morning, as soon as the sun hits the solar panel, you will have electricity to operate your computer and lights; however, some of that electricity is necessary to recharge the battery or your lights and computer will not work after the sun goes down that evening. IF you ran down the battery the night before (your lights dimmed and went out), give your battery a chance to recharge the following day for at least four hours. This means dont use your lights, computer or other electronics for at least four hours during the day. A normal day usually provides eight h
Power from the sun comes to the Earth as heat and light. This heat and light are the effect of the Sun’s constant nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei. The process of fusion produces helium nuclei along with large amounts of energy. This energy is expressed as electromagnetic radiation (light is a specific frequency range of this radiation) as well as radiated temperatures of more than 6,100 degrees C. This is actually fairly cool compared with the corona and core of the sun that burn at several million degrees C. A small fraction of these extreme levels of energy that are released by the Sun come into contact with the Earth. The average amount of energy that contacts the Earth’s surface in a day is 200 W/m2. [3] This means that the average home has more than enough roof space to produce enough electricity to supply all of its power needs. In fact, each day, more energy reaches the Earth from the sun than would be consumed by the global population in 27 years.
