The word solar means “having to do with the sun” or “produced or coming from the sun”.

This means that your solar system needs the sun. It does not work in the rain, or during a snow storm, it can’t be shaded, and it produces very little, or no power, on a cloudy day.

There are three main aspects of a solar system:

#1. Solar Panels
#2. The racking or mounting of the panels to your roof
#3. The inverter

If you are using the solar system as a way to power your "off grid" home or cottage, and not for the MicroFit program, then we would have a 4th item, and that would be batteries.

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