| been rough going in our world for the past year, | | | | and completely eliminate your power bill. The best |
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| at the door, do it yourself green energy projects! | | | | instructions. |
| Believe it or not, there are hundreds of ways to | | | | Isn't solar technology a little too complex to "do it |
| reduce your electric bill and go green at home. Could | | | | yourself?" |
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| best of all, affordable green energy for your own | | | | complex and difficult, you have nothing to fear. It's |
| home! | | | | actually very simple to build your own solar panels. |
| First things first... What is solar energy? | | | | One of the most difficult parts of the projects |
| Solar energy is the capture and use of the sun's rays | | | | involved "stringing" the solar cells together. This |
| and radiation. Solar cells are strung together within a | | | | involves the art of soldering, not as tough as you |
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| rays into pure electricity. The electricity can be used | | | | have a small bit of experience with electrical wiring. |
| as its generated, stored in batteries for use at later | | | | This is also quite simple, just be careful and turn off |
| times, or if you are not using it or storing it, it can be | | | | the power! The best part of all is if you're new to |
| sent out onto the utility grid for use by other people. | | | | soldering or electrical wiring you have nothing to fear. |
| In this case, you're credited by the utility company | | | | These are easy skills to learn and the tools are |
| for providing that electricity to others. | | | | inexpensive. You should have no problem with such a |
| But wait... Isn't going green expensive? | | | | project. There are guides available that make these |
| Many people believe that it's very expensive to go | | | | tasks very easy to understand and accomplish. |
| green and although this may be true to a point, it's | | | | If this little article caught your interest and you'd like |
| not completely the case. Professionally built and | | | | to look into a do it yourself solar panel project or |
| installed solar power or wind generator systems can | | | | wind turbine system there are many guides available |
| cost upwards of $100,000 for a large house to go | | | | that can teach you all about solar and wind energy, |
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| build anywhere from a few solar panels to help cut | | | | but with the simplicity of the instructions and |
| your energy costs or an entire roof-full to go off-grid | | | | considering I did it, I'm confident anybody can do this. |