Residential Solar Kits: Strong Advantages

Residential solar kits and their options can be an excellent choice for the do-it-yourself solar project. Many vendors offer low cost, semi-custom designed and kitted packages to suit custom applications. Some vendors have pre-fab kits, already packaged and ready to go with pre-tested upgrade options. Others have pick-to-order kitting services using your specifications. Among the other advantages are:

1) System design integfity - the kits represent a set of matched and balanced components, ready to install. This can remove a substantial amout of heavy technical lifting on the part of the do-it-yourselfer. Match overall system input/output specs and go.

2) Expedient and convenient component sourcing - In addition, purchasing kits can eliminate the need for lengthy component suitability and selection research. Without this research it is difficult to know what components are or are not state of the art and appropriate for the intended application.

3) System Maintenance/upgrade Expertise - many suppliers repair what they sell, offer excellent warranties and consulting services

4) Customer Support - vendor will know at least as much about your system as you do, aiding good customer support

5) Inexpensive - most residential solar kits are cheaper to purchase than purchasing system components piece by piece