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1. It'll be Fun - It may look complicated at first sight, but making your own solar power can be a fun project, whether you are a father looking for a useful family project to tackle with the kids or a retired grandpa looking for something to do. If you are able to find some good, easy to follow step by step instructions, Making your own solar panels will be a great experience for you. Everything from finding quality used material, to soldering together your first solar cell, to hooking up your first voltmeter, it'll be fun every step of the way. 2. It'll Be Cheap - Have you looked into the price of getting a professionally installed solar panel lately? You are looking at any where between $40,000 to $70,000 dollars to completely run your home on Solar, professionally installed. Your local hardware store will trade an 80 watt panel for about $800. On the other hand if you do it yourself and know where to look, you can build your own solar panel for under $100! 3. Waste not, want not - A lot of do-it-yourself solar panels can be built using damaged or broken solar panel cells that would otherwise end up in the garbage. Solar panel cells are very fragile, like thin glass. Even just shipping solar panel cells can break them, which is why many vendors you will find online actually dip the panels in wax before shipping them to better care for them. But the main point here is that factories cannot use chipped solar panel cells in their commercial solar panel projects... But you can use them. Finding solar panels that have been only slightly damaged is another great way to save money as you build your own solar panels. 4. It'll Save You Money - Aside from saving on the original cost of actually setting up you solar power system, you can also look forward to saving on your monthly hydro bill. Depending on how much you are willing to put into your system you may even be able to diminish out your hydro bill completely! It really is up to you! 5. Building your own solar panels will help save the planet - By now, hopefully everyone knows that our environment is in dire trouble. After decades of living large (literally), we are rapidly using up our global resources. What kind of world do you want your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to inherit? Better yet, what kind of example do you want to set for your children right now? Imagine what would happen if everyone on your block cut their energy usage by a third! According to figures from the US Department of Energy, the usual household in America uses close to 900 kilowatt-hours per month. If you live in a neighborhood with 100 homes, and everyone reduced their energy usage from 900 kilowatt-hours to 600, that would be 30,000 kilowatt-hours saved -- and that's just in one neighborhood in one month. Given this, don't you think it's time to do your part? There you have my 5 Reasons to start a Do it Yourself Solar Power project. Don't bother paying the big bucks to the solar panel makers, just build it yourself! If you want to know how i reduce my electricity bill in a 90% (actually when we are not at home the electricity company pay us) go to : <a href="http://MakingElectricityAtHome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Making Electricity at Home</a> and you will find all that you need to get started today!
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