HOW SOLAR WORKS
How Solar Works
The Basics
- Solar panels are made of photovoltaic cells. Those cells convert sunlight to direct current electricity (DC electricity). If the sun is out your panels are producing.
- Your solar inverter is the next step of the process. It takes the DC electricity and turns it into the type of electricity your home needs - alternate current electricity (AC electricity).
- The electricity from your inverter flows to your electric box. That sends power into your home, so you can turn on your lights or power your appliances. When your panels produce more energy than you use, that additional power is sent back to the utility grid.
- Your utility will install a "net-meter" that tracks the difference between the amount of energy you produced and the amount of energy you consumed for the month.
- When your system produces more than you need, the excess energy is sold back to your utility (your Cheetah Solar Energy Advisor will explain the net-metering process specific to your utility). The excess amount of energy is credited to your utility bill. When you need more energy than your panels produce, you can always pull power from the electric grid.
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