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 = Overview =
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 *[[Portal:Solar|Solar portal on energypedia]]
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 = Overview =
-In the following page, you will find a simple explanation about how a PV system works and its main components. In&nbsp; [[Electricity Basics|this article]] electricity is compared with water to have a pictorial understanding of the basics fundamental. Here we will go further with the same analogy to explain a complete PV system.
+In the following page, you will find a simple explanation about how a [[Photovoltaic (PV)|PV system]] works and its main components. In&nbsp; [[Electricity Basics|this article]] electricity is compared with water to have a pictorial understanding of the basics fundamental. Here we will go further with the same analogy to explain a complete PV system.
 = Introduction<br/> =
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 <span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Abel; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ANALOGY</span></span>
-'''''A solar PV system works similarly to a rainwater collection system.The amount of water collected changes with the weather: there are days with a lot of rain and days with none, therefore some days a lot of water can be collected and others not.'''''<br/>
+'''''A solar PV system works similarly to a rainwater collection system. The amount of water collected changes with the weather: there are days with a lot of rain and days with none, therefore some days a lot of water can be collected and others not.'''''<br/>
 In the same way, the amount of electricity generated by a PV system changes according to the weather. The sunnier it is, the more electricity is produced by a PV system. When it is cloudy, little electricity is generated.
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 Sometimes it is mounted on a roof, but it can be placed anywhere there is sun.
-'''''In a rainwater system the part that does a similar job is the house roof. If you think of electricity as being like water, the solar panel collects sunlight like the roof collects rainwater.'''''
+'''''In a rainwater system, the part that does a similar job is the house roof. If you think of electricity as being like water, the solar panel collects sunlight like the roof collects rainwater.'''''
 '''''The roof collects water that falls from the sky, so it can be stored for later use. The solar panel collects sunlight that comes from the sky, so it can be stored for later use as electricity.'''''
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 '''''If it rains hard, a lot of water is collected in a short time and if it rains lightly, only a small amount is collected in the same time. If the sun shines brightly, a lot of electricity is generated in a short time while if it is cloudy, only a small amount of energy is collected in the same time.<br/>'''''
-'''''If it does not rain, no water will collected. At night, no solar energy is collected.'''''
+'''''If it does not rain, no water will be collected. At night, no solar energy is collected.'''''
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-'''''Water storage tanks have valves on their inlet and outlet pipes to control the use of water. The taps and showers also use valves, so we can regulate the flow.PV systems have a charge controller, switches, inverters, etc. In this way this “valves” control how much energy, will come in and out of the battery and into the appliances.'''''
+'''''Water storage tanks have valves on their inlet and outlet pipes to control the use of water. The taps and showers also use valves, so we can regulate the flow.PV systems have a charge controller, switches, inverters, etc. In this way, this “valves” control how much energy, will come in and out of the battery and into the appliances.'''''
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 '''To move water from one place to another, pipes are used.To move electricity from one place to another, wires are used.'''
-'''Large pipes let water flow more easily than small pipes, so large pipes are needed when large amounts of water are to be moved quickly.Large wires let electricity flow more easily than small wires and are used when large amounts of electricity are to be moved quickly.<br/>'''
+'''Large pipes let water flow more easily than small pipes, so large pipes are needed when large amounts of water are to be moved quickly. Large wires let electricity flow more easily than small wires and are used when large amounts of electricity are to be moved quickly.<br/>'''
 '''If pipes are not joined together correctly, they leak and all the water does not reach the appliance. If wires are not joined together correctly, all the electricity does not reach the appliance where it is needed'''.
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-'''In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.'''
+'''In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However, it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.'''
 = Further Information =
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 *[[Portal:Solar|Solar portal on energypedia]]
 [[Category:Photovoltaic_(PV)]]

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 = Overview =
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 <span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Abel; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ANALOGY</span></span>
-<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 13.6px; text-align: justify;">'''''A solar PV system works similarly to a rainwater collection system.The amount of water collected changes with the weather: there are days with a lot of rain and days with none, therefore some days a lot of water can be collected and others not.'''''<br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"></span></p>
 In the same way, the amount of electricity generated by a PV system changes according to the weather. The sunnier it is, the more electricity is produced by a PV system. When it is cloudy, little electricity is generated.
 Not only do rainwater collection systems and solar PV systems act much the same, they have similar parts and each part of the rainwater system does a similar job to a part in the PV system.
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 = Collector =
-<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div>
 <u>The PV panel collects sunlight and converts it into electricity.</u><br/>
 Sometimes it is mounted on a roof, but it can be placed anywhere there is sun.
-<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-04bb47d1-b79d-4fc2-c66e-254a8a9f93a0"></span></p>
 '''''In a rainwater system the part that does a similar job is the house roof. If you think of electricity as being like water, the solar panel collects sunlight like the roof collects rainwater.'''''
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 '''''If it does not rain, no water will collected. At night, no solar energy is collected.'''''
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 = Storage =
-<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c4b5a2b-b79d-f548-344a-d3f705cf7410"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">The battery stores energy and promotes electricity when is needed.<br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p>
 '''''Water is needed when it is not raining, and electricity is needed when the sun is not shining. Both a rainwater collection system and a solar PV system must have a storage system. The battery in a PV system has a similar function to the storage tank of a water system.'''''
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 '''''If water is consumed when there is little rain, the water level in the tank gradually falls and the tank soon empties. If people use electricity when there is little sun, the amount of electricity in the battery gradually falls and soon the battery has no more electricity.'''''
-<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c4b5a2b-b79d-f548-344a-d3f705cf7410"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div>
 = Flow control =
-<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-43b329cc-b798-da43-1286-5c9255b245fd"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c1c409a3-b79f-2fc9-84d5-65bd53c65119"></span>
 <u>Some devices such as charge controller and switches control the electricity flow in a PV system.</u>
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 '''''Water storage tanks have valves on their inlet and outlet pipes to control the use of water. The taps and showers also use valves, so we can regulate the flow.PV systems have a charge controller, switches, inverters, etc. In this way this “valves” control how much energy, will come in and out of the battery and into the appliances.'''''
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-= Transport<span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"></span> =
 <u>Wires are responsible for making the transport of electric charges.</u>
 '''Both water and electricity must be moved from place to place.'''
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 '''If pipes are not joined together correctly, they leak and all the water does not reach the appliance. If wires are not joined together correctly, all the electricity does not reach the appliance where it is needed'''.
-<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div>
 = Appliances =
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 '''In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.'''
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 = Further Information =
 *Want to learn more? [[HelioLearn Online Training Platform|Helio Learn Online Platform]]<br/>
 *[[Portal:Solar|Solar portal on energypedia]]
 [[Category:Solar]]

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 <span id="docs-internal-guid-57b85913-b7a0-c50e-4778-577bea84baf9"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appliances are devices that use electricity to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one.</span></span><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Various appliances can use water from the rainwater system or electricity from the PV system.</span></span>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In rainwater collection systems, there is often only one appliance attached to the system: a tap. Some water systems may include other appliances such as flush toilets and showers. Appliances that use a lot of water, such as flush toilets, only work well if connected to a water system that is designed for them. If a flush toilet is attached to a water system designed for a simple water tap, it will probably not work well, and the storage tank may run dry quickly</span></span>''</p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p>
 = Further Information =
-<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>Want to learn more? [[HelioLearn_Online_Training_Platform|Helio Learn Online Platform]]<span style="font-size: 0.85em;"></span></div></div></div>
+*Want to learn more? [[HelioLearn_Online_Training_Platform|Helio Learn Online Platform]]
 [[Category:Solar]]

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 = Overview =
-<p style="text-align: justify;">In the following page you will find a simple explanation about how a PV system works and its main components. In&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify;"></span>[[Electricity Basics|this article]]<font face="Abel"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp; electricity is compared with water to have a pictorial understanding of the basics fundamental. Here we will go further with the same analogy to explain a complete PV system.</span></font></p>
+In the following page, you will find a simple explanation about how a PV system works and its main components. In&nbsp; [[Electricity Basics|this article]] electricity is compared with water to have a pictorial understanding of the basics fundamental. Here we will go further with the same analogy to explain a complete PV system.
 = Introduction<br/> =
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 = Further Information =
 <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>Want to learn more? [[HelioLearn_Online_Training_Platform|Helio Learn Online Platform]]<span style="font-size: 0.85em;"></span></div></div></div>

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 <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-43b329cc-b798-da43-1286-5c9255b245fd"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c1c409a3-b79f-2fc9-84d5-65bd53c65119"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c1c409a3-b79f-2fc9-84d5-65bd53c65119"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some devices such as charge controller and switches control the electricity flow in a PV system.</span></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; padding: 5px; font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; padding: 5px; font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-c1c409a3-b79f-2fc9-84d5-65bd53c65119"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water storage tanks have valves on their inlet and outlet pipes to control the use of water. The taps and showers also use valves, so we can regulate the flow.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">PV systems have a charge controller, switches, inverters, etc. In this way this “valves” control how much energy, will come in and out of the battery and into the appliances.</span>''</p><br/>
 = Transport<span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"></span> =
-<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a8fa0b17-b7a2-798d-a798-f65f626f641c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wires are responsible for making the transport of electric charges.</span></span><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both water and electricity must be moved from place to place.</span></span><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To move water from one place to another, pipes are used.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">To move electricity from one place to another, wires are used.</span>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large pipes let water flow more easily than small pipes, so large pipes are needed when large amounts of water are to be moved quickly.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large wires let electricity flow more easily than small wires and are used when large amounts of electricity are to be moved quickly. </span><br/>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">If pipes are not joined together correctly, they leak and all the water does not reach the appliance. If wires are not joined together correctly, all the electricity does not reach the appliance where it is needed.</span>''</p><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div>
+<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a8fa0b17-b7a2-798d-a798-f65f626f641c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wires are responsible for making the transport of electric charges.</span></span><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both water and electricity must be moved from place to place.</span></span><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To move water from one place to another, pipes are used.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">To move electricity from one place to another, wires are used.</span>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large pipes let water flow more easily than small pipes, so large pipes are needed when large amounts of water are to be moved quickly.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large wires let electricity flow more easily than small wires and are used when large amounts of electricity are to be moved quickly.</span>''<br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">If pipes are not joined together correctly, they leak and all the water does not reach the appliance. If wires are not joined together correctly, all the electricity does not reach the appliance where it is needed.</span>''</p><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-813abab2-b7a1-cd67-826c-257946808006"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div>
 = Appliances =
-<span id="docs-internal-guid-57b85913-b7a0-c50e-4778-577bea84baf9"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appliances are devices that use electricity to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one.</span></span><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Various appliances can use water from the rainwater system or electricity from the PV system.</span></span>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In rainwater collection systems, there is often only one appliance attached to the system: a tap. Some water systems may include other appliances such as flush toilets and showers. Appliances that use a lot of water, such as flush toilets, only work well if connected to a water system that is designed for them. If a flush toilet is attached to a water system designed for a simple water tap, it will probably not work well, and the storage tank may run dry quickly</span></span>''</p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.</span></span></p><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/></div></div></div>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-57b85913-b7a0-c50e-4778-577bea84baf9"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appliances are devices that use electricity to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one.</span></span><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Various appliances can use water from the rainwater system or electricity from the PV system.</span></span>''</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In rainwater collection systems, there is often only one appliance attached to the system: a tap. Some water systems may include other appliances such as flush toilets and showers. Appliances that use a lot of water, such as flush toilets, only work well if connected to a water system that is designed for them. If a flush toilet is attached to a water system designed for a simple water tap, it will probably not work well, and the storage tank may run dry quickly</span></span>''</p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-42aa8682-b79f-f924-f37b-82504925010b"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In PV systems, lights are the most common appliances. However it is also possible to connect other appliances such as radios, televisions, videos, pumps and even refrigerators if the PV system is designed for them.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p>

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 <span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Abel; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ANALOGY</span></span>
-<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 13.6px; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A solar PV system works similarly to a rainwater collection system.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">The amount of water collected changes with the weather: there are days with a lot of rain and days with none, therefore some days a lot of water can be collected and others not.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 13.6px; text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the same way, the amount of electricity generated by a PV system changes according to the weather. The sunnier it is, the more electricity is produced by a PV system. When it is cloudy, little electricity is made. A PV module converts Solar Energy into Electricity. This means that less solar energy produces less electricity and vice versa.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Installation of a solar PV system is expensive and difficult, but it is simple to use: just place it in the sun, and it will generate electricity.</span></span></p>
+<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 13.6px; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df48007a-b79c-1d4a-dbee-f283c4e3dada"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A solar PV system works similarly to a rainwater collection system.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">The amount of water collected changes with the weather: there are days with a lot of rain and days with none, therefore some days a lot of water can be collected and others not.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; font-size: 13.6px; text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-55ebdef0-b79c-8e82-bebf-85bcb8b28574"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Abel; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the same way, the amount of electricity generated by a PV system changes according to the weather. The sunnier it is, the more electricity is produced by a PV system. When it is cloudy, little electricity is made. A PV module converts Solar Energy into Electricity. This means that less solar energy produces less electricity and vice versa.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><br/></p>
 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify;">Not only do rainwater collection systems and solar PV systems act much the same, they have similar parts and each part of the rainwater system does a similar job to a part in the PV system.</span><br/>