Powered By The Sun (part 2)

Our PV system is finished! Now we're waiting on our power company to inspect it so we can throw the switch. It's beautiful...and kind of sad. Here we are, a day away from the longest day of the year, PV panels perfectly situated to soak up the sun's energy...and we wait.

Here's the second most important part of the system, the inverter. The PV panels take the sun's energy and converts 22% of it (SunPower panels have great efficiency) into DC (direct current). It runs through this inverter and out comes AC (alternating current)...the stuff that powers our house. Now we sit and wait for inspection....