| Ok, so most of us are aware that the cost of | | | | a (and I seriously have two left thumbs!) you can |
| energy is becoming expensive, not to mention the | | | | do it. |
| cost of the damage it does to our environment. | | | | Building your own system basically has you building |
| Most of us are also aware that solar energy is a | | | | your own homemade solar panels, as well as |
| great solution. Unfortunately the cost of | | | | putting together an energy storage system. The |
| purchasing and installing a solar power system can | | | | materials you need are all available from most |
| run into the many thousands of dollars, but what | | | | hardware stores, you could even source the |
| a lot of you may not know is, it no longer needs | | | | materials from scrap yards and build your kit for |
| to be an expensive exercise. | | | | next to nothing. |
| Cheap solar energy is now a reality, by building | | | | In my household we are now saving around 70% |
| your own DIY solar power system, you can cut | | | | off our traditional "on grid" power bill. The savings |
| the costs of purchasing an "off the shelf" system | | | | are enormous, and for an outlay of around $200 I |
| dramatically, in fact a diy solar power kit will only | | | | am sure you would agree that this is a cheap |
| cost you around $200. The major components of | | | | way to produce solar energy. Best of all the |
| this cost are the materials you need to assemble | | | | energy you produce from your system, after the |
| your system and a guide to show you exactly | | | | initial assembly costs, is free! It doesn't get much |
| what you need to do. | | | | cheaper than that. |
| Now don't panic if your not the world's best | | | | Having worked as a solar energy consultant for a |
| handy person, armed with a good step by step | | | | number of years, I can tell you I am extremely |
| manual, building your own diy solar power kit is an | | | | impressed with this low cost, easy to build, |
| extremely easy exercise, trust me, if I can do it | | | | robust, solution to creating cheap solar energy. |