Renewable energy is the hot topic of the day, as well it
should be. If we, as citizens of the planet Earth, do not find
new ways of powering our homes, automobiles and businesses we
are going to run out of energy supplies.
Earth4Energy is a guide that is aimed at alternative
renewable solutions, so read on to find out more in our
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Solar Energy
Solar energy is one source of power that is renewable and
accessible to all people. Harnessing that solar power does not
have to be unattainable, even if you can’t afford to solar
power your entire house, you can take steps to begin using
solar power and lower your energy consumption in the
process.
Earth4Energy has put out an easy to read fully illustrated
guide that teaches you step by step how to make a small,
portable solar powered generator.
It goes on to teach you step by step how to make a solar
generator system with as many panels as you want to put in it
and either go partially solar powered or get totally off the
electric grid with full solar power.
Why Build a Solar Powered Generator?
As mentioned earlier, the Earth is not going to be able to
sustain our energy consumption as the rate we are going if we
do not start using renewable energy sources. That alone is a
good reason to build a solar powered generator.
Even a small, solar powered generator to use around your
workshop or yard is a start on saving our energy resources.
By using solar energy you are freeing the world of the toxic
fumes and chemicals that are the by-products of so many of the
energy sources we use today. Solar energy doesn’t leave
by-products that harm you.
Solar energy generators and panels need very little
maintenance to keep them working for many years.
If the saving the Earth from being without energy doesn’t
persuade you, maybe saving money will.
Solar power can save as much as 80% on your power bill,
depending on whether you are totally off the grid or partially
off the grid – totally solar or partial solar.
A DIY solar powered generator or grid-inter tied solar power
system does not have to be a bank breaker. You can build one
for under $200 and coupled with the savings on your power bill
there are no reasons not to build a solar powered generator for
your home and personal use.
Why Should I Buy the Earth4Energy DIY Book?
With so many resources available on the Internet to find
instructions on how to build a solar powered generator you
might be asking, why should I buy the Earth4Energy book by
Michael Harvey?
First and foremost the simple to follow instructions with
pictures and available videos make it so simple a housewife
could do it. Each step is detailed and written in plain English
with any words that might be foreign detailed as well.
Michael Harvey found 11 people who knew nothing about
generating power and reported that all
of his test subjects were able to generate enough
electricity to power their household appliances.
You do not need to be a carpenter or electrician. You don’t
need any pieces of expensive machinery – everything you need is
easily accessible. If you can read and follow instructions you
can build a solar powered generator using this book.
You should buy the Earth4Energy DIY book because of its
simplicity. There’s no reason to go mucking up a set of
perfectly good instructions with a bunch of technical jargon
and this book doesn’t do that.
You should buy the Earth4Energy DIY book because you are
looking for an alternate way to power your house or even your
workshop tools and want an easy to read, easy to follow set of
instructions for building your own solar powered generator.
If you're into DIY anyway, this guide
will ensure a fun at home project that reduce your
power bill.
Is it Expensive – No Way!
Using Earth4Energy’s DIY book you can build a solar powered
generator or grid inter-tied solar power system for under $200
– for the inter-tied solar power system the cost depends on the
number of panels you put on your grid and what you are going to
power.
Building a solar powered generator to take your house
completely off the grid is not impossible, it might cost more
than $200 to go completely off electricity but in the end you
make your investment back in savings on power bills.
All of the items needed to build a solar powered generator
are listed along with where to get them and in some cases what
you can expect to pay for them. For the most expensive item, it
explains how to find them free or almost free from other
businesses.
The solar panels needed to build the generator are the
costliest item on the list; however, Earth4Energy details how
to build your own solar panels if you can’t find free or
inexpensive ones from the recommendations it makes.
To build solar panels you will need solar cells; again,
Earth4Energy shares with you the secrets to finding the most
inexpensive solar cells. Using the Internet you can purchase
damaged or used solar cells and make a few repairs to them for
use in your solar panels. But if you’re getting them for the
right price, it’s worth doing some repairs.
With just the information detailed up to this point in the
book, this little gem has already shown savings possibilities
in the hundreds of dollars. Try pricing brand new solar panels
and you’ll see that just this information alone is worth the
cost of the book.
The remaining supplies are all available at your local
hardware store. For the flexi-glass that needs to be cut you
can have your hardware store cut that as well. If you know how
to use a power saw and can cut your wood that is fine, if not
you can take your measurements to the hardware store and tell
them what you need.
By the time you have your supplies gathered you will have
spent right at or under $200, if you followed the advice in the
book and did your homework, and will be ready to build your
very own solar powered generator.
Once your supplies are all gathered this DIY guide goes into
explicit instructions complete with images and notes. These are
not blueprints that you need an engineer to read or “A” goes in
“B” then “X” connects to “G”. These are real life pictures of
the actual process.
From the very first page of what to do you are taken step by
step in clear, layman’s terms on how to put together your
generator or solar panels for your grid. If you are putting
together the grid there are visuals of how the grid will look
in the end.
Will I Save Money in the Long Run?
If you assume that the average home pays about $200 or more
per month in electricity that is a yearly cost of $2400. With a
solar energy inter-tied grid that money could be going into
your pocket for other bills or a nice vacation. And that’s just
electricity.
If you are using natural gas to heat or cook with you can
also switch them over to the solar energy generator or grid and
cut out your gas bills as well. This could amount to several
more hundred dollars a year in energy savings.
The Earth4Energy guide is suitable for any house and is
perfect everyone from the beginner who has never built anything
to the engineer who designs houses. These instructions and
pictures don’t need more detail than they have.
Using the this do-it-yourself guide you can do your part to
help the Earth’s environment and remove part of your carbon
footprint in the process.
Wind Power
The Earth4Energy guide takes you one step further in the
quest for renewable energy. Chapter 5 delves into wind
power.
Wind power works on the same basis as hydroelectric power,
only it is wind driven not water driven. Earth4Energy takes the
reader through building their own wind powered turbine, and
like the solar energy generator you can build it for as little
as $200.
Wind generators work and the work well; however, you have to
be in a location that gets a lot of wind for it to pay off,
otherwise you need to stick with solar energy; some sun is
available in nearly all parts of the world.
For people who live windy areas, a wind generator could be
the perfect way to supplement their energy needs.
Earth4Energy has covered two relatively easy to install DIY
projects to help with the energy crisis. Whether you go for the
sun or the wind, you will be saving our natural resources and
making the future brighter for everyone around.
Bio Diesel Bonus
Along with the Earth4Energy guide and videos there is a
bonus book, on using bio diesel as an alternative fuel for your
house and car. Like the solar energy DIY book this one is
designed to be simple and easy to read.
If you are ready to forge ahead into the world of renewable
energy for your vehicle this bonus book is your ticket. It
takes you through converting a diesel engine into one that will
run on bio diesel fuel. It also tells you how to obtain the
ingredients for your bio diesel fuel for free from resources in
your community.
Summary
Earth4Energy’s DIY Guide to Solar Energy and Wind Power will
transform your life through making your home (and if you want
it your vehicle) less dependent on fossil fuels and more
dependent on renewable sources of energy that exist freely in
our world.
The small price you pay for this book comes back to you a
hundred fold in monetary savings and in knowing you are doing
your part for the environment.
I've looked at many books and guides on building your own
renewable energy solutions and Earth4Energy comes out easily on
top. In the few months since I received my review copy, Michael
has updated the guide several times and added several new
videos to the web site.
This sort of long-term commitment by the author Michael
Harvey to improving his products is another great reason
to buy this product, which is why I award the full 5
stars for this Earth4Energy review.
Review Summary: A superb
constantly updated step-by-step
guide and video series to building your
own DIY renewable energy solutions for under
$200. With free updates for life this guide
will save you hundreds if not thousands
of dollars on solar and wind powered systems,
all for a meagre $49.97 price tag.
Why pay $1000's for solar or wind power when
you can build your own professional system for
less than $200?
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