subject: DIY Solar Power - Build Your Own Cheap Solar Panels and Help the Earth While Saving Some Money [print this page] DIY Solar Power - Build Your Own Cheap Solar Panels and Help the Earth While Saving Some Money
As the worlds environmental state continues to worsen and the pain of the recent economic crisis is still being felt, it's no surprise people are looking toward solar energy to both slash their power bills and give Mother Nature a helping hand.
You can now save even more money by building cheap solar panels which available in the form of diy solar power kits.
DIY (do it yourself) solar panel kits solve the problem of the usual prohibitive costs of buying and installing a retail solar panel installation, these costs which can run into the thousands can be slashed to as little as $200 by building your own solar panels.
The question the needs to be asked how do you build your own cheap solar panels?
Well the first step is to get an instruction guide to walk you step by step through the process of building your own solar panels. These guides, which are readily available on the internet, are often referred to as DIY solar power kits. They retail for $40 to $50 for a decent one and the better ones often included instructional videos, email support and forum memberships.
Next you need to head down to your local hardware store and start gathering the materials which are listed in the guide. These materials which should be readily available will cost you the previously mentioned $200.
Now you need to free up a weekend to set aside for building your solar panels. Armed with a good guide the whole process is child's play, using some basic handy man's tools (drill, saw, nails, glue) will have you building these panels with a minimum of fuss or stress. In fact so easy is it I highly recommend you make it a family project if you have one.
The freedom and buzz it is to use as much power as you want for free as a result of building your own solar power kit must be experienced to be explained, not to mention the fact that you will save yourself a lot of cash by slashing your power bill by as much as 80% and of course help mother nature heal herself by ceasing to use as much polluting and ozone layer depleting traditional energy sources.
