Ndungu after giving empirical data and then giving us something like "quite less" on the conclusive remarks I feel like looking for you and plucking hair off your head....

Assuming 5 hours of sun a day (its more but as the sun goes down or up power is not optimum)

1: You would get 30(watts) x 4 (panels) x 5 (hours) x 30 (days) ==> 18,000 Watt Hours in a Month. or 18 Kilowatt Hours...

2: At an exaggerated 20 bob per Kilowatt hour (its still far less even with taxes and all), you save Ksh 360 per month off your electricity bill.

Now to recover your costs, including NPV of money and all, it would take you __________ years to recoup your investments in Power savings.... (25 marks).

sigh <....>


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:21 AM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote:
Solar Power would be good to supplement your electricity supply. I did a little research:

2 batteries of 200Ah maintenance free                   = 66k  
1 Xantrex 2424 inverter                                          = 130k
1 Charge controller SUNPOWER10 12v 10amps    =     5k
4 solarpanels of 30Watts each                                =  15k x 4 = 60k
                                                                             ===============
Approximately                                                           260k
                                                                             ===============          

If by day, you run your fridges and TVs run on Solar. And at night you run the appliances by electricity, your electricity bill will be quite less.

Also if you live in a 'high security need' area - you will need backup electricity to keep those lights/cctv on and ring the alarms in case of anything.  


BR/       


 

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