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Used Solar Panels
Used solar panels can be a great way to save money on any solar panel installation. As with anything used, as long as you know what to look for you can filter out the garbage and find the real gems. These … Continue reading
Picking The Best Inverter
One of the most difficult aspects of building a renewable energy system is choosing the best inverter for your setup. While I can’t straight out tell you what inverter you should use I can definitely help you learn how to … Continue reading
Electric Hub Motor
An electric hub motor is basically a hub of a bicycle that has a motor inside of it. They are primarily used as ebike motors. The picture at the left shows you exactly what one looks like. There are two different … Continue reading
Cleaning Solar Panels
Have you ever wondered how you could increase your solar panels payback time by 3 – 5 years? Cleaning solar panels is probably not what you were thinking of; however, cleaning them increases their efficiency and since they produce more … Continue reading
Solar Panel Calculator
Figuring out how many solar panels you need for your installation is much easier with a solar panel calculator. There are only a few things that you need to take into consideration when planning out how many solar panels you … Continue reading
Recondition Battery
In our quest to learn how to make our batteries last longer we stumbled on how to recondition battery. If you have an off grid system that includes a battery backup than you probably know exactly what I’m talking about. … Continue reading
Your First Solar Panels
Going along with the theme that you really don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to get started with renewable energy I wanted to do a post detailing how you could get into a grid-tied setup for under $1500 (or … Continue reading
Low Cost Solar Water Heater
If you plan on running a renewable energy system than it’s a very good idea to run a low cost solar water heater. If you’re looking to save money on heating costs than installing a solar water heater is also … Continue reading
Wind Generator Blocking Diodes
Ok, you’ve got your wind generator up on it’s tower and everything all hooked up. You attach the final two wires so it will start charging your batteries… only to find out that your wind generator has turned into a … Continue reading
What Size Solar Panels To Buy?
This is a question that plagues many people who are just starting out and planning their renewable energy setup. What size (wattage) solar panels should you buy? Solar panels come in many shapes and sizes although there are a couple … Continue reading