Outfitting your home with solar panels is a great way to both lower your energy costs and lessen your carbon footprint. However, when your home is connected to the local power grid, solar panels on their own don’t prevent loss of electricity during an outage.
How Grid-Tied Solar Systems Work
Most residential and commercial solar panel systems tie in to your local electrical grid. This means the system is connected to the local energy grid via a solar inverter. This inverter uses a meter that both measures the amount of energy you use and also the amount of excess energy sent back into the grid.
Because solar panel systems are connected to the local energy grid, your home is still affected by power outages in the same way as traditional electrical systems. Basically, when the power goes out, your inverter stops working, and thus, your solar panels stop also. This is primarily for safety, to prevent dangerous back feeding back onto power lines when the power comes back on. As a result, you’ll be left without power until the outage is over.
Protect Against Power Outages With Battery Storage Solutions
With a typical solar panel system, the unused power produced by your solar panels feeds directly back to the energy grid. The reason behind this is these systems have no way to store the power that they produce. Nonetheless, you can easily overcome this issue and protect against power outages simply by installing a battery storage solution.
An electric battery storage system allows you to store any excess energy created by your solar panels. In the event of a power outage, the energy stored in your battery can then be used to power all or part of your home in spite of the outage.
Trusted Solar Energy Services
GVEC Solar Services specializes in the sale and installation of solar panels and battery storage systems like Tesla Powerwall in Seguin, TX and surrounding areas. We have provided electric service in the Guadalupe Valley since 1938, and we can help with any of your solar, electrical, heating and air-conditioning, and high-speed internet needs. To learn more about your battery storage options from GVEC Solar Services, contact us today.
