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Build Your Own Wind Turbine

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Build Your Own Wind Turbine
Both the rising cost of home energy use and the new push for more environmentally friendly technology has led to a great increase in the interest of wind turbines. Wind turbines harness the naturally occurring power of wind currents to produce electrical power. While they’re not perfect for use in all parts of the country, many states have enough strong wind to make using a wind turbine a cost effective and environmentally friendly way to generate power. It’s possibly for homeowners to buy small wind turbines to put on their own land, but these are often too expensive. For the best deal, you can build your own wind turbine.
If your area has enough wind power to produce power, you can use parts found at hardware and electrical supply stores to build your own wind turbine. By building it yourself, you save thousands of dollars, and will know how to repair it if parts wear out or break. You will need some basic electrical and construction knowledge, but even if you’re completely new to these ideas you can learn them with a little extra research and patience. There’s no advanced electrical knowledge needed to build your own wind turbine, and almost all of the parts are common items that can be found in any hardware store.
For homeowners looking for more environmentally friendly and economically independent sources of energy, low cost solar panels can also be constructed at home with the right materials. Solar power can be harnessed in every part of the country for at least some of a household’s energy use, and when used in combination with a wind turbine is much more likely to provide all of the electricity for a house. But solar panels can be extremely expensive, and cost even more to repair. But if you’re handy enough to build your own wind turbine, building a set of low cost solar panels isn’t much harder. You’ll also have the skills to repair your low cost solar panels.

Whether you’d like to be more economically self sufficient, or worry about the damage done to the environment by traditional energy sources, it’s possible to build your own wind turbine and low cost solar panels. This can save you thousands of dollars over purchasing these items, and teaches you the skills needed to repair these items as they wear out and break. Almost anyone can do it, and the parts are readily available.

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Low Cost Solar Panels

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Making your own solar panels for less
This is the 21st Century! We have so many technological advances… we can communicate with anyone in the world, fly from one end of the globe to the other in less than a day, we’re even able to listen to music for less than a buck and download it into a portable device no bigger than your hand, so why do we still derive our energy from fossil fuels? That is so 20th Century! But solar panels are so expensive. Or are they? You can make your own low cost solar panel and generator for about $300 and power some of your favorite electric items using renewable energy!

First, you want to look for a panel that is 12 volts or higher. Most RV shops and marinas can sell you a 16 volt for under $100. Or you can build your own check it out at Earth4Energy..

Second, You want to get a battery. No, not the 9 volt or even the type in your car. you want a small and rechargeable battery. Get a 12-volt lead – acid – battery, you can usually get these for about $50 – $60 online.

Next, for safety reasons, you’ll want to buy a battery box. This is especially a good idea if you have kids around. Low cost solar panels won’t do you good if you don’t have it protected.

After that, buy a DC Meter that’s 12 volts ($25 at electronics stores) and a DC Input (car parts store — $10). These will allow you to take the energy from the panel and use them for your DC appliances. Note that you will NOT be able to use AC appliances until you buy an inverter. Inverters will convert your DC energy into AC energy so you can power them (most hardware stores will have these starting at $50). Take an estimate as to how much energy you will be using and remember that the wattage of the inverter must be greater than the wattage you’re going to use.

Now use a drill to attach the DC Meter and Input to the box, and use insulated wire to attach the meter to the battery. Only handle one wire at a time, and ALWAYS CONNECT TO THE NEGATIVE (-) SIDE FIRST! No point getting a low cost solar panel if you get electrocuted in the process. Now connect the DC Inlet to the battery, then connect the solar panel to the battery. Actually there is no chance of getting electrocuted the potential health hazard is rapid heating of the wires if shorted also you want to keep sparks and open flames away from led-acid batteries as they produce hydrogen when charged or discharged.

That’s it! Close the lid, seal it tight (bungee cords are recommended) and let your generator sit in the sun for 8 hours. Congratulations! You’ve got yourself a working solar panel and it will power your low wattage devices and save you money every month on electricity. Isn’t that cool? George Jetson would be proud of you.
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How to Get a Solar Panel System for Less

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

How to Get a Solar Panel System for Less
Everyone wants to go eco-friendly these days and is it any wonder why? The climate is changing, our lives are changing for the worse and we are damaging our planet! This is why we need to be more energy conscious. One of the best ways to do that is to install low cost solar panels.
Using the solar panel for less and wind turbine is the not such new technology, however it is becoming an increasingly popular way of saving money on home energy and becoming environmentally friendly. It is a way you can help set things right with the world.
However, until now low cost solar panels have not been available, these systems were always too expensive. New technology has brought the solar power for less and wind turbine technology that we have needed for many decades and even the least scientific of us can understand how the process works.
To really get low cost solar panels, you have to understand what solar power does and how it is effective. It is important that any low cost solar power system you use be efficient and that it retain as much solar energy as possible.
Low cost solar panels absorb the sunlight during the day. In good solar panel for less and wind turbine systems the photons in the panel retain that energy. These photons are kept in place on the panel using substances like silicone. However, for the low cost solar panels to work efficiently you need to pay close attention to details like panel tilt, shading of trees, or other obstacles.
The right installation and use of low cost solar panels can save as much as 80% on your electricity bill and in many cases even more. There are some solar panel for less and wind turbine systems which give back energy into the community electrical system, thereby giving the owners a 100% savings.
However, the savings should not be the only reason why you decide to use solar energy as the best option to energize your home. You should choose this option because it is environmentally productive and causes no harmful emissions, ecological problems or water waste. The only energy you use, is that produced by the sun. If money is tight and you can´t afford ready made low cost solar panels you can also obtain them by constructing them yourself.
Today, there are many DIY methods of producing these panels and these methods explain in detail how to go about the the process.
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Low Cost Solar Power (Wind Generator)

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Low Cost Solar and Wind Power
Solar energy is one of the ways we can reduce our dependence on forien oil. We spend billions a month on forien oil, when we could be investing in solar energy. In the 1970′s the U.S. invested in research to develop solar energy. This was because of the oil embargo, it fell by the wayside when the price of oil came back down. Now we can say for sure we need to make the change to solar energy soon. Oil isn’t cheap, and we are going to run out. The good thing is that solar power has become cheaper to produce in recent times, in fact you can build your own solar power system for your home at a fraction of the cost of what it was just a few years back.
If you have looked into solar energy for your home and thought it was to expensive, well here is some more good news, you can significantly reduce that cost. A Typical solar system can cost in average of $27,000 dollars, but now there is a way to reduce the upfront cost, and save you money. You can build your own solar panels, or even a whole solar array. With this step by step do-it-yourself guide, you can build you own 60-120 watt solar panel for under $200.00 dollars, when the cost of the retail stores solar panels can cost you as much as $1100.00 dollars.
What the manufactures want you to think is that it is way to complicated for the average home owner to build their own solar panels. Nothing could be further from the truth. Now there is a step-by-step guide that has easy to follow instructions. With this new guide, you will be able to make a professional looking 60 to 120 watt solar panel for less than $200.00 dollars. At that price you could build a five panel solar array for the same price as one retail solar panel.
You don’t need any special skills, or be a master builder to make you own solar panels. This step-by-step guide will take you from start to finish in an easy to follow format. If you run into a problem, no problem, customer support is just an e-mail away. Not only that, as an added bonus you will get a step-by step guide on how to build your own professional wind turbine. This guide is packed full of all the information you need to build your own wind turbine. A wind turbine that can make electricity day or night, or to supplement your solar system, over periods of cloudy days.
Now you can start saving money on your electric bill, and start to reduce our dependence on oil, and at the same time help to stop global warming.

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