{"id":88650,"date":"2022-06-23T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=88650"},"modified":"2024-07-29T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T08:52:43","slug":"using-the-sun-for-more-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/greenlifestyle\/using-the-sun-for-more-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the sun for more independence."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88650\" class=\"elementor elementor-88650 elementor-87286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d553103 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d553103\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689c8a64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"689c8a64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df478de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5df478de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b37104 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"28b37104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Green Lifestyle<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6705cead elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6705cead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Using the sun for more independence.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14cc8e65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14cc8e65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>72 degrees, blue sky, the sun is shining. 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Make coffee. Relax. Breathe. 2. Finally put the <em>\u201cI should really get the mini solar system project going\u201d<\/em> into action. <em>Here we go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><em><strong>According to a current survey by the Institut f\u00fcr Demoskopie Allensbach (opinion and market research institute in Germany), 86% of the respondents fear, that there will be difficulties with the energy supply in the upcoming years.<\/strong><\/em> I had not thought that far yet, but of course, it is a relevant topic and a good reason to think about the so called <em>\u201cplug-in solar systems\u201d<\/em>. They consist of 1-2 300 watts photovoltaic modules and can be installed on balconies or terraces <em>(good for those who have one).<\/em><\/p><p>The direct current that they produce flows into an inverter <em>(nomen est omen),<\/em> which turns it into alternating current \u2013 <em>which is needed to operate home appliances like the washing machine and the fridge.<\/em> Once you plug the system into an outlet it finds itself an appliance <em>(like the fridge)<\/em> \u2013 as long as the sun is shining. <em><strong>Another precondition:<\/strong><\/em> You need a modern electricity meter, which won\u2019t spin backwards due to the power infeed. <em>Sounds amazing.<\/em> You won\u2019t have immediate cost recovery, but you will definitely safe money, a lot of money <em>(when the sun is shining)<\/em>. <em>Now you know the principle.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2611f1c9\" data-id=\"2611f1c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-386ffdcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"386ffdcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d395d24\" data-id=\"2d395d24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f594f43\" data-id=\"f594f43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310004f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"310004f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So much for \u201cevery bit counts\u201d.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7da7de56\" data-id=\"7da7de56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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