| Solar power kits: are used for a wide variety of | | | | Multiple solar panel kits: can be wired in parallel to |
| applications including charge batteries to power lights, | | | | increase current capacity (more power) and wired in |
| tools, phones and other equipment, pump and purify | | | | series to increase voltage for 24, 48, or even higher |
| water, and of course for the production of electricity | | | | voltage systems. |
| by residential and commercial systems. | | | | Solar paneling can either be attached directly to a |
| Surprisingly, the tools and materials necessary to make | | | | slanting roof, or bolted onto frames on flat roofs. As a |
| solar energy can be purchased at any local hardware | | | | rule of thumb, if there is enough sunlight to cast a |
| store or home improvement center for approximately | | | | shadow, then it can produce electricity. When you use |
| $200. | | | | more electricity than your solar panels can provide, you |
| Depending on several factors, it can cost a "few | | | | draw from the larger system and your meter runs |
| bucks per watt". Solar panels can help extend your | | | | forward. |
| roofs life by protecting it from ultraviolet rays and | | | | Knowing how to build homemade solar power units |
| weather. | | | | can be quite tricky at times, but you shouldnt become |
| Having structural attachment points "flashed-in" is a | | | | stressful as there are a lot of helpful resources all over |
| wise method of installing these units, and can help | | | | the web that can help you learn the things that you |
| reduce future cost of removal and re-installation for | | | | need to do in order to successfully build homemade |
| decades. With no moving parts, the panels can last | | | | solar panels. |
| indefinitely with very little loss of power. | | | | |