| Building your own solar panel can be extremely cost | | | | very easily. All you need is a set of good detailed |
| efficient. The building of your own solar panels can be | | | | instructions and quality materials. |
| done over a weekend with a investment of less than | | | | 4. Low Cost of Maintenance: The cost of maintaining |
| $200. Compare this to commercial panels that can | | | | solar panels is minimal. Once you have installed the |
| cost up to 4 times as much. | | | | panels, aside from cleaning the panels, it costs nothing |
| There are many benefits to installing your own solar | | | | to operate. The solar cells should last up to 20 years. |
| system: | | | | Depending on where you live, you can tap solar |
| | | | incentives such as state and federal tax incentives |
| 1. Renewable Energy: The sun's energy is the most | | | | and rebates. Once you have the basics down of |
| abundant source of energy known to man. If you live in | | | | building one panel, you can scale up and tie your solar |
| a sunny location such as the sunbelt in California, | | | | panels to your grid. Check with your utility to see if it is |
| Nevada, Arizona, etc, you will realize an immense | | | | compatible with your grid. |
| benefit from solar. | | | | Solar kits allow you to easily build panels at minimal |
| 2. Affordability: The cost for raw materials has gone | | | | costs. It does not require any special skills to assemble. |
| down dramatically. Solar kits are now available that | | | | Alternative energy will be incredibly important to our |
| contain all the materials necessary to produce your | | | | energy future if we are to get America off of foreign |
| own solar panels. | | | | oil dependency. |
| 3. Ease of Use: Kits allow you to assemble solar kits | | | | |