HOW MUCH WOULD “GOING SOLAR” COST ME

With 5 hours of full sun per day.

Using silicon solar modules / panels and 48V battery voltage.
Battery size structured to give an extra day of backup due to overcast weather.

Scenario 1 Small house

Quantity Appliance wattage hours on per day
6 Lights 60 6
1 Low En.Fridge 100 8 3,7 KWH/day 2 KWH/day
1 TV 80 6
1 cd / dvd / video 40 6

To run this on pure solar I would need: using 60W lights using LE lights

Solar panels 900 W 500 W

solar Regulator 20 A 20 A
Batteries option 1 High cycle batteries approx. 4 to 5 year life
Batteries option 2 Deep cycle approx. 20 years life 350 A/H 250 A/H
Inverter option 1 stand alone inverter
Inverter option 2 bi-directional grid-tied inverter/charge 1 KVA 850 VA

Total with High cycle and stand alone inverter: R 70 070 – 00 46 020 - 00
Total with Deep cycle and stand alone inverter: R 99 970 – 00 70 200 - 00
Total with high cycle and bi-directional inverter: R 80 470 – 00 55 120 - 00
Total with deep cycle and bi-directional inverter: R 112 970 – 00 78 390 - 00

Scenario 2 Bigger house

Quantity Appliance wattage hours on per day
12 Lights 60 7
1 Fridge 100 8
1 Deep Freeze 200 7
1 Micro wave 800 0.5 8,3 KWH/day 4,3 KWH/day
1 TV 80 6
1 cd / dvd / video 40 6

To run this on pure solar I would need: using 60w lights using LE lights

Solar panels 2 KW 1 KW
solar Regulator OUTBACK 60A 30 A
Batteries option 1 High cycle batteries approx. 4 to 5 year life
Batteries option 2 Deep cycle approx. 20 years life 800 A/H 500 A/H
Inverter option 1 stand alone inverter
Inverter option 2 bi-directional grid-tied inverter/charge 4 KVA 4 KVA

Total with High cycle and stand alone inverter: R 153 010 – 00 93 990 - 00
Total with Deep cycle and stand alone inverter: R 187 590 – 00 106 340 - 00
Total with high cycle and bi-directional inverter: R 160 160 – 00 99 840 - 00
Total with deep cycle and bi-directional inverter: R 197 340 – 00 145 990 - 00

APPROX: COST PER KWH PER DAY = R 20000-00 TO R 30000 -00 DEPENDING ON EQUIP.