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- 30+ years working with solar technologies both solar electric (PV) and solar hot water.
- Hundreds of systems designed, installed and serviced
- Battery Systems for gridtie, backup and off the grid homes and businesses
- Solar Photovoltaic systems both thin film (building integrated) and multi-crystal (rack mounted )
- Solar hot water (hotels, commercial) and pools
- We will train your installers
- Educational workshops and consulting
- Training and followup support on all products
- Facility and staff for hands on training in Santa Ana (Bi-lingual)
- 18+ years experience in Costa Rica
Commercial Installations and Equipment for Homes
Now - Grid Tie Solar Electric
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This has to be the prize winner for the best battery enclosure that we have seen. Done by a client.
This beautiful Costarican wood work surrounds and secures our battery shelf unit, 8 Rolls Surrette 400 amp hours at 48 volts with a Midnight Solar EPanel with a Magnum 4.4 KW 110/220 v inverter and automatic backup up system for other power sources, like the grid.
Before you consider Off the Grid please read this article from Home Power Magazine
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Solar Power Here and Now
To get an idea of what it all costs - click here 
Grid Tied Solar & Battery Backup Power Systems
You now can have a tuned up, silent, reliable battery backup system to challenge your electric bill. Electricity at cheaper rates can be stored in a battery bank to be used when it is more expensive or not available. Solar Costa Rica's staff can design the right system to meet your requirements.
These systems fit perfectly with a grid connected hybrid Solar Power System to give you the ultimate energy autonomy. Our systems use the grid to make sure that your batteries stay fully charged, ready for the next day.
Typical Battery Backup System
A typical battery backup system will consist of these components:
1) A battery bank which stores electricity from charging from Solar Panels or the Grid. Please see our web pages about batteries 
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2) An inverter/charger which will charge your battery bank when the grid is available and provide crucial 120/240V AC power when the grid is down. There is an automatic transfer switch that in microseconds selects the available power. This is the backup function.
3) Peak Rate Interface System (PRIS) is designed for areas where the variable rate structure is available from you electric utility and you would need a digital ‘smart’ meter that the utility will install for you. We can then install a timed change over switch which switches the 'loads' (electricity consuming devices) from the grid to the inverter during the higher rate price times during the day. The inverter uses the lower cost energy that is saved in the batteries. All this is so you can run on batteries during the most costly times of the day while charging the batteries with the lower cost middle-of-the-night electricity. You will save a lot of money during a year by switching back and forth between the batteries and the grid
This is from the ICE web site for CNFL service area:
If your electric bill comes from CNFL and you would like to switch to a Smart Meter please click here for some more information
What does it mean?
Aprox Elect rate structure CNFL: ($ USD)
10am-12:30pm & 5:30pm-8pm . 25 kwh
6am-10am & 12:30pm-5:30 pm .12 kwh
8pm-6am .05 kwh
4) (Optional) Solar Power System mounted on the roof which charges the batteries when solar energy is available. This is not necessary for the battery backup system to work, but will greatly extend the amount of time the batteries can supply power to the house without the grid. This starts the process for you to become an Owner Power Provider (OPP). 
The backup system could supply power to most of the loads for a short time in the house or just to selected important loads, depending on the requirements of the user. Generally, the more loads that are connected, the larger the inverter and battery bank is required.
For more information please call (see below) or e-mail us.
Lindora de Santa Ana, Costa Rica
email: solar@solarcostarica.com
(from US first dial 011) (506)2582-0623
Call Directly from US (305)454-4447
US Fax (509)463-7455
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