subject: What Are the Benefits of a Building Your Very Own DIY Solar Panel? [print this page] What Are the Benefits of a Building Your Very Own DIY Solar Panel?
Solar Energy is without a doubt the number one alternative energy resource available for most households. There is one BIG problem though and that is affordability, traditional solar energy installations can run into the thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars. A DIY Solar panel however will cost you nothing more than time (a weekend) and around $200.
The benefits of building a diy solar panel are many, below I have listed just a few
1.Cost - as mentioned above the cost involved in building a diy solar panel are a tiny fraction of a retail solar panel, for around $200 you can build with materials gathered from your local hardware store.
2.Help save the planet - By replacing your traditional energy sources with solar you will be running a much more environmentally cleaner, greener source of power, which help the earth to repair itself.
3. Easy To Build -armed with a good guide, building your won panel is literally child's play, you don't need to do a university degree to get a system up and built in a weekend
4.Fun Family project - Raise awareness in your kids about environmental issues and how to save money as well as spend some quality time with them building one of these projects.
5. Customize - Build your panel big or small to suit your needs, big ones to power as much as 80% of your house or small ones to take camping to run your cooking, heating and lighting needs.
So there you have it, there are a number of other benefits of building a solar panel, to find out what they are just click the following link. DIY Solar Electricity
