Do It Yourself Solar Panels - How To Make Solar Panel

July 10, 2009 - PRLog -- Do It Yourself Solar Panels - In times of ever increasing electrical costs, many people are interested to generate their own source of electricity by installing solar panels on their homes. However, most people hesitated due to the high cost of getting one installed in their homes. There is an alternative. It is to Do-It-Yourself. Do It Yourself solar panels aren’t difficult to start with, and most important of all, you do it at a very low cost. In addition, by building it yourself, you can alter it according to your own liking in terms of size and design.

Now, all you need is a good manual to guide you along the way. You may want to explore some highly recommended guides at http://www.greenearth4energy.com. There are guides on how to build solar panels, how to build wind turbines and how to build solar water heaters. Video is provided in the recommended guide to enhance better understanding. Also, you can explore these guides with reviews and testimonials.

After you’ve gotten your set of instructions on Do It Yourself solar panels, the next step is to get the materials. The materials are nothing complicated, just simple things you can get at any hardware store.

Things you need:

• Wire crimping tool
• Wire cutters
• Solder, 60/40 or silver
• Soldering iron, or soldering station
• Drill
• Screwdriver
• Cobalt steel jobbers' twist drill bit, heavy duty, wire gauge size 26, 3" L, 1c" L flute
• Machine screw size high-speed steel hand tap taper, 10-24, H3 pitch diameter, 4 flute
• 7/32 drill bit
• Plastic sheet cutter
• Reamer
• Pliers
• Hacksaw or cutoff saw
• Triple beam scale (optional)

Once you get all the materials it is fairly simple to proceed with building your Do it Yourself solar panels. You may want to do it as a cohesion day with your family over the weekend.
It's important that the quality of your instructions is good. If you go for a cheaper set of instructions, chances are so that you won't be able to build the solar panel properly. Overall, it won't cost you much, in fact it'll cost you well below $50 to get an excellent guide, which is an ideal investment considering that facts that you're going to be saving thousands every year.

Many people are enhancing their lifestyles and saving thousands of dollars every year by converting to energy saving systems such as solar panels and wind turbines. I've personally been able to save lots of money I used to pay the electricity company. It's true that setting up solar or wind energy for your homes isn’t cheap, however, now it can be made at a very low cost when you Do-It-Yourself. So, why not get started?

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Andy O Silliven is an engineer and author in the fields of electrical engineering. He enjoys writing about the topic and keeping up with current events and research in the area of renewable energy sources. Recommends: http://www.greenearth4energy.com