How solar works - A Lightforce solar animation

So how does solar power work... How does this free energy from the sun power our homes? 00:00 When the sun comes up and hits your solar panels, they turn sunlight into DC energy. This type of energy can&be used in your home, so your solar inverter changes it into AC electricity - like the type your appliances use. 00:20 From here it flows into your switchboard, where it&redirected throughout your home - through your existing electrical wiring. 00:28 The panels work during daylight hours, even if it&cloudy or overcast. Any excess power you don&use, gets sold back to the grid. And the good news is that you&get a credit on your power bill for this every month. 00:42 Because power costs more to buy the grid than you can sell your excess for, lots of people choose install a battery. If you do choose to add a battery to your system, you can store this excess energy produced during the day, to use at night .....or in a power cut. 01:11 And if you still produce more energy than you can use, or store, then this energy also gets sold back to the grid. And to keep track of all this electricity coming in and going out, we change your meter to an import/export meter. 01:25 When the sun goes down, your panels don&produce energy. But you can use what&stored in your battery. And if you need to top up then electricity will still flow from the grid. And you can rest easy, knowing that when the sun comes up tomorrow, you&be powering your home with free energy from the sun... all over...