Why Build Your Own Solar Panels?- 5 Simple Reasons

Sunday, August 1st, 2010 at 6:38 am

The buzz word lately is solar energy , with the worries about green house gases and the masive emisions made by the use of fossil fuels in the generation of commercial electricity, and the upwardly rising cost of the fuels themselves.

Until comparatively recently the efficient use of Photovoltiac cells to generate a practical solar power stock for the DIY sector , was inadequate . However in recent years the know-how has grown to such a degree that it is not unreasonable to ask why construct your own “homemade solar panels?”

I have listed here my 5 simple reasons that should make the procedure straight forward and profitable for you.

1) Great manuals & Videos – make use of one of the better online instructional guides . The recommended kits come with step by step instructions and videos, also contained in the packs will be your first savings – they will tell you where to purchase the materials you will have to buy for the project, often locally , at discounted prices.

2) A complete set of plans & calculate number of panels – The guide will also give you the plans and show you how to work out the number of panels you will need , where they need to be placed and what wiring and ancillary equipment you will need to store the electricity you make that is not required for immediate use. This is the second saving as you will not need professional services to plan your system and homemade solar panels

3) Assembly following the step by step insructions - These instructional manuals and videos will take you step by step through the process of making the panels. This is the step where you make considerable savings , commercial panels will cost $1000′ s more than it will cost you to make your own panels with the same power

4) Save money – once you have finished your system using the guides and videos, you will then have a tried and tested system that will give you big savings on your utility bills, but also a possible source of income*, by selling your surplus back to the utility company.

5) Business opportunity – Once you have made your own system, you canuse the skill and practical experience you have gained , by building your own system, to build and market completed solar panels locally .

(*source of income, you can sell your unwanted power to the utility company, but this saving is only available to you if you build a sufficiently sized system that will allow you to produce more than you need.)

The price for installing a professional solar system is estimated to be over $20,000, you will have the ability to build your own solar panels for about $150 per panel , so as you build you save.

The greatest saving comes once the system is up and running , the energy you produce is from a naturally renwable Free energy source, so the power costs you zero to make . Once you have recovered the cost of the construction , which will be sooner than you think, you will have free electricity from then on.

Five great reasons why it would pay to have your own ”homemade solar panels“, whatever you skill level you can achieve great things by following these step by step instructions.