Off-Grid Solar Systems Contribute to the Improvement of the Standard of Living by:
- Reducing indoor air pollution and therefore improving health as they replace use of fossil fuels
- Providing lighting for home study
- Giving the possibility of working at night
- And, facilitating the access to information and communication (Radio, TV, Mobile phone charging etc)
There are different types of off-grid solar systems installed with a battery bank or backup generator. Let’s have a look on those…
The battery bank installed off-grid solar system: An off-grid solar system has no access to public electricity grid. Once solar power is used by the appliances in your property, any excess power will be sent to your battery bank, if connected. Once the battery bank is full, it will stop receiving power from the solar system. When your solar system isn’t working, your appliances will draw power from the batteries.
Backup Generator: For times of the year when the batteries are low on charge and the weather is very cloudy, you will generally need a backup power source viz. a backup generator or gen-set. The size of the gen-set should to be adequate to supply your house and charge the batteries at the same time.
