Are you at a mountaintop cabin on a mission to scale rugged mountain? Are you enjoying yourself with your family in a Caravan? Are you on a cruising sailboat? Or are you just chilling out at your home? Solar panels provide a silent dependable way to supply electricity anywhere, particularly in places where utility power is not available. Now wherever you are; be it a mountaintop cabin, a cruising sailboat, a roving RV or the family home, there is a solar electric system to meet your needs. Now you can spend quality time at your countryside firm house as solar power allows you to live on without foregoing all the conveniences of the city, and without expensive utility line extensions or noisy generators. The proliferation of solar panels in UK saw mushrooming of thousands of photovoltaic powered homes throughout the country. Be a part of this solar revolution. Bring home solar panels. 

Now you can park your recreational vehicles anywhere with full use of lights to help solar panels generate energy. But you will no longer be annoyed by the sound or smell of a generator. Even if your caravan spends a few weeks between trips in a car park, solar panels will keep the battery charged and ready to go when you are ready to go. Energy from the sun's light strikes the solar panels crystals knocking some electrons loose and creating electricity. Each solar cell in a panel is generally capable of creating a potential of about .45 volts. To create a voltage sufficient to charge a 12-volt battery, 34 to 36 cells are connected in series to produce 15 to 17 volts. The current a panel is capable of producing is proportional to the area of each cell. A solar panel will contribute about 30% to 35% of its wattage in amp hours each day if the panel is directed toward the sun. 

In UK, you will find three main types of solar panels i.e. Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline and Thin Film or amorphous. Monocrystalline panels have uniform dark gray cells and have the highest output per cell area and tend to be the most expensive. Polycrystalline cells look similar to shattered glass and tend to be less expensive and only slightly less efficient per cell area. These cells are usually square and result in a slightly smaller solar panel than solar panels constructed using the more efficient monocrystalline, which tend to be rounder. Monocrystalline and polycrysalline solar panels are rigid and have a glass cover. If you are using very small solar panels that put out 5 watts or less, you can get by without a regulator but a regulator should be used on all solar panels. The self-regulating panels produce less voltage and will not overcharge your batteries.