Alternating current (AC) is the sort of power the application company supplies to your house.
Solar panels produce direct current that may be stored in batteries or used to run direct current (DC) loads at once. In all power systems, electricity must be moved from one place to another. Transferring electricity is rarely a hundred percent efficient, due to resistance in the wire. In wire, the loss of electric power is an element of the resistance of the wire and the quantity of current.
High voltage AC power can be conducted over long distances with comparatively low transmission losses. When using DC power, the distance from your charging source ( solar panels ) to your battery bank becomes an element, as will the distance from your batteries to the diverse loads, due to high line loss.
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