Solar Panels DIY

If you have watched the news within the past twelve months you will be familiar with the world wide power crisis which seems only to be getting worse. Governments are using controversial new Fracking techniques in our backyards to generate oil and gas, natural disasters have created power outages and a nuclear crisis in Japan. Germany is looking at generating it's entire countries energy needs from renewable energy within the next ten years. The solar panel DIY boom is taking hold across America and Australia with thousands of people backing up thier homes in case of emergencies with thier own autonomous power supplies. Give yourself the freedom and peace of mind with these DIY home solar kits TODAY!

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Building your own solar panels and installing them in your property is becoming very popular. Imagine being able to create your own panels at a fraction of the cost of professionally purchased systems.

You will immediately gain the ability to provide power to your household.

The amount of power you can generate is dependent on the space you have available for an array, and also the efficiency of the PV panels you create. - see considerations below!

SOLAR PANELS DIY
 

Almost anyone can complete this project, it is much simpler than you might think and the benefits of doing this yourself are huge!
 

It can take over ten years to recoup the outlay for professionally installed solar panels. However, the materials are actually quite cheap and easy to source, for a DIY project this one has almost instant financial gains!


 

You save money! By building them yourself you'll save thousands, infact you can have them set up for around $200 worth of materials which are easy to get.
You won't have to wait around for them to be installed, some folks will wait months and months for an installer.

Depending where you live, you could earn money by feeding excess power back into the grid! Imagine having an electricity company pay you instead of you paying them every month.

Build some extra solar panels when you have finished your home setup, you can generate a good income by selling panels that you have made.

We will also provide instructional videos on how to build a wind turbine for those times when you just aren't getting the sunlight you need!
 

 

Solar power is one of the best forms of free energy available, it is 100% renewable and the maintenance required once setup and running is minimal.

 

Along with a back up such as a wind turbine, solar power can pretty much take you off the grid completely.

Building and installing these panels yourself is much easier than many people think.
 
 

Why DIY solar panels instead of Pre-Fabricated Panels
 
 

The benefits of building your own solar panel system are huge!
Why pay thousands for professionally installed panels when you can create your own. Renewable energy in residential properties has been around for decades. However, the availability to most people has remained somewhat unattainable. There is one simple reason for this... COST!

I can understand why people are hesitant on spending $20,000 to provide renewable energy to their property. It takes years and years to recoup that outlay in savings on electricity.

Imagine the benefits of being able to create your own panels at next to no cost, you can start subsidising your electricity bill within a month, and you can continue to add to your diy project with extra panels or even a wind turbine.
 

Photovoltaic Systems or PV systems (solar panel arrays)
 

PV systems will convert the suns radiation into electricity which you can use in your house. You can subsidise you electricity bill, in some cases you can feed electricity back to the grid for credits (dependant on your setup and local regulations).

PV systems are linked together which creates an array. An array of PV systems is required to ensure you receive enough benefit back into your household power supply.

In most cases these arrays are setup on your rooftop and are fixed. A fixed array needs to receive as much sunlight as possible and so should be positioned with this in mind.

A more complicated setup involves solar tracking, these systems will follow the sunlight and so receive maximum efficiency throughout the day.


 

Off Grid/On Grid DIY SOLAR PANELS

There are two separate setups for home solar installations, On Grid and Off Grid.

 

On Grid
 

An on grid system is connected to your local power supply, this means that the system is setup in such a way that it can be connected to the external electricity network or ‘grid’. Having this system setup in your home has one main benefit. You can feed excess power into the grid for credits from your power supplier. NOTE, you will need to convert your electricity from DC to AC, to do this requires a solar inverter. This involves more work than an off grid system, but if you are at the point where you have excess electricity available then it is certainly worth considering.

 

Off Grid

Off grid PV systems are more common in DIY solar panel projects. At least they usually start out this way, all it means is that you are supplying electricity to your house only. You are NOT connected to the external power supply and cannot receive any credits for excess power.

Typically you will need to provide 24 kWh to your house from your PV system to cover a typical households daily power consumption. One PV panel should provide 1 kWh so you would need 24 panels to attain this.

 

Considerations before you undertake a DIY Solar Panel Project.
 

 
A solar panels diy project is great fun, but you need to ensure that understand where what and how you are going to achieve this.


 

Where

Have you got the space available to install a system that will generate the amount of power you require for your property. Most installations are on roof tops of residential properties, properties are generally designed to maximise the amount of sunlight they recieve. Given this attribute generally a typical house will also have a sloping roof in the same direction. This is the roof that you will obviously want to install your array on.


 

What

Will you install an off grid or on grid system?

Will you save excess power in a battery system for use at night or on overcast days.

Have you worked out how much power you will need?


 

How

Are you confident that you have a suitable design guide that will show you every aspect of the project. The materials you need are relatively easy to come by, generally you can get away with spending between 150-200 dollars US.

Ensure you have a suitable design guide before you start, and that you are familiar with the process from start to finsih.