A solar or wind system will let you enjoy lights at the flick of a switch, the convenience of running water and the pleasure of music at your remote residence.
When sunlight shines onto solar panels, it transforms the light into DC electricity. That DC electricity is then converted to AC electricity that is used throughout in home. During the day, if solar system produces more electricity than is used in your home, the extra electricity produced is fed into the utility grid generating a credit on your electric bill. When this happens, you'll be able to see your utility meter actually spin backwards.
At night, electricity is automatically drawn from the grid to provide your home with the power you need.
Building Your Very Own Solar Power Generator in 8 Easy Steps
- Buy yourself a small solar panel. For about $100 you should be able to get one rated at 12 volts or better (look for 16 volts) at an RV or marine supplies store or from Greenbatteries Store.
- Buy yourself a battery. We recommend rechargeable batteries from these green companies: Greenbatteries Store and Batteries.com. Get any size deep cycle 12 volt lead/acid or gel battery. You need the deep cycle battery for continuous use. The kind in your car is a cranking battery-just for starting an engine. Look for bargains, the cheapest ones should cost about $50-60.
- Get a battery box to put it in for $10. (This is good for covering up the exposed terminals in case there are children about If you going to install the system in a pump shed, cabin, or boat, skip this.) Buy a 12 volt DC meter. Radio Shack has them for about $25.
- Buy a DC input. I like the triple inlet model which you can find at a car parts store in the cigarette lighter parts section for about $10. This is enough to power DC appliances, and there are many commercially available, like fans, one-pint water boilers, lights, hair dryers, baby bottle warmers, and vacuum cleaners. Many cassette players, answering machines, and other electrical appliances are DC already and with the right cable will run straight off the box.
- But if you want to run AC appliances, you will have to invest in an inverter. This will convert the stored DC power in the battery into AC power for most of your household appliances. I bought a 115 volt 140 watt inverter made by Power-to-Go at Pep Boys for $50. Count up the number of watts you'll be using (e.g., a small color television(=60 watts) with a VCR(=22 watts), you'll need 82 watts).
- Use a drill to attach the meter and DC input to the top of the box.
- Use insulated wire to attach the meter to the wingnut terminals on the battery. Connect the negative (-) pole first. Only handle one wire at a time. Connect the DC inlet to the battery in the same way. Connect the solar panel to the battery in the same way.
- Close the lid (I use a bungee cord to keep it tight). Put the solar panel in the sun. It takes 5-8 hours to charge a dead battery; 1-3 hours to top off a weak one. It will run radios, fans, and small wattage lights all night, or give you about 5 hours of continuous use at 115 volt AC, or about an hour boiling water. This system may be added on to with larger panels, inverters, and batteries. That's quite a project that'll kill an idle Sunday afternoon-and power a good deal of your electrical equipment. And save you a bunch of money. Happy solar building.
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How to turn Earth4energy into your own profitable small business you can run from home!
The basic system can be made for as little as $200 and others are selling these for over $500! So by using the Earth4Energy instructions you can profit over $300 for every installation. Think about that for a second - After a bit of practice you can build up to 5 solar panels every week (or even more) and sell them for a profit of $300 each. That's a weekly profit of $1800. This is the perfect business model because not only can you make a decent profit you can pass on your knowledge to others whom want to help our environment.
Don't forget, when you purchase the Earth4Energy kit you also own the rights to build and resell the completed systems without paying us a thing. All profits you make will be your own.
This business model will work from any part of the world including your area. People are fed up with paying the electric company and they will be begging for your renewable energy products.
This information is only available in the Earth4Energy kit and not available anywhere else.
Earth 4 Energy - Renewable Energy Solutions - Wind And Solar Power
Home-Made Renewable Solar And Wind Energy
GreenDIYenergy - Solar & Wind Diy Guides
Energy2Green - Wind And Solar Power System
Free Energy Options - Wind & Solar Power - Renewable Energy
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