7 DIY Steps To Install A Solar Panel

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7 DIY Steps To Install A Solar Panel
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• Solar panels are certainly the future of energy
  production, especially for homes. Theyre
  expensive, but when you purchased and installed
  them, you cannot imagine how much money you would
  save for the next 25 years or more. Just include
  the rising prices of energy and calculate how
  much youll end up saving for the next three
  decades.
• If youre on this post, youd probably have
  purchased a solar panel for your home, and are
  looking for easiest way to install it without the
  help of solar installers Toronto. Well, you can
  never deny the experience and skills Solar
  company Canada would utilize, but since youre
  looking to save money, this post will help get
  things done on your own.

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• But before anything, make sure to check with
  your local zoning board. Some communities aren't
  comfortable with solar panels and others require
  special permits. Take care of that legalese
  before you install solar panels.
• Now, follow these steps
• Steps to Install Solar Panel
• 1. Solar panel needs to be exposed to sunlight.
  If youre exposing in an open area, you can
  easily figure out the direction. Pick out a spot
  for your solar panel on either the west or east
  side of the roof, wherever it will receive the
  most the sun.

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• 2. Figure out your latitude tilt.
• If you live below twenty-five (25) degrees
  latitude your solar panels will need to be
  tilted towards the sun in the amount of latitude
  number.
• If you live at twenty-five degrees latitude you
  will tilt your panels by twenty-five degrees.
• After twenty-five latitude add five degrees for
  each additional five degrees of latitude up to
  forty degrees. That means, if the latitude is 35
  degrees, the tilt will be 50 degrees. In the same
  manner, if the latitude is 30 degrees, you need
  to tilt the solar panel to 40 degrees.
• At forty degrees latitude you need to add twenty
  degrees of tilt to your latitude number. For
  example, a 55-degree latitude means 75-degree
  tilt. Memorize that and say it back five times
  fast.

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• 3. According to solar systems installers
  Ontario, mounts should be placed four feet apart
  and on top of rafters. You can use a stud finder
  or the blueprints of your home to find those
  rafters.
• 4. Drill holes carefully into the rafters. You
  do not want them to split. These holes are where
  your steel bolts will fasten the solar-panel
  mounts to roof.
• 5. Secure the mounts with steel bolts. Make sure
  to seal the area around the bolts in order to
  keep your thermal envelope air tight.

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• 6. Fasten the solar panels to the mounts.
  Usually the solar panels will come rebuilt with
  an easy-to-fasten panel to mount interface. Make
  sure that the solar panels are off the roof by at
  least a quarter of a foot. Airflow helps the
  panels operate at peak efficiency.
• 7. Your solar panel is mounted. You can now
  connect it to your electrical supply. Talk to an
  electrician about this. I am not qualified to
  tell you how to hook up electrical systems. I
  only know about nailing things to other things.