In this review I will tell you exactly what you get from the Homemade Energy solar panel plans, what I liked about their product, what I didn’t like, and how they compare with other similar do it yourself solar guides.
What You Get With Homemade Energy Solar Panel Plans
Homemade Energy Ebook
The ebook includes sections on
- Reducing Your Energy Needs
- How to Build Your Own Solar Panel
- Maintaining Your Panels
- Wiring Your Battery System
- Build Your Own Wind Turbine
- The Alternative Energy Home
- Workshops and Resources
The ebook goes through everything step by step, with diagrams and illustrations throughout. It covers all the tools and materials you will need, and where to find them (with links to online sources) and gives some great ideas on how to get them at a discount.
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The Excel Spreadsheets
The excel spreadsheets provide you with worksheets to help calculate how much electricity your appliances use, how many solar panels you will need, what size battery bank you will need, and power inverter. The written guide, and spreadsheets are pretty standard compared to other solar panel plans available online. The Homemade Energy product really stands out with its videos, so lets talk about those now.
The Homemade Energy Videos
To put it simply, Homemade Energy provides the most video content of any solar panel plans available, period. There are 15 videos covering everything you need to know totaling over 6 HOURS of viewing. That is roughly 3 TIMES as much as any other guide out there. Some of the topics covered include:
- System Components and Types
- System Design and Sizing
- Tools Needed
- Layout, Calculations and Measurement
- Building the Panel
- Wiring
- Finishing the Panel
- Batteries
Now a guy in his garage may not sound like the most professional thing for a how to video, but for me who was building my panel from my garage as well, it seemed just right. I just followed along in my garage while the videos showed the whole process from start to finish. The videos show everything from getting the tools and materials together, to laying it all out, doing the calculations, building the panel, wiring the cells, the soldering, finishing, and much more. He even makes some mistakes and has to go back and show you how to fix them, for instance if you notice a bad solder part way through your project. It was all very thorough and well done.
Conclusion
The Homemade Energy solar panel plans are very comprehensive with a pdf ebook that has written and illustrated instruction similar to other guides out there. Where this product really shines compared to other solar panel plans is in the immense amount of step by step video instruction. If, like me, you prefer to see something done and follow along rather than having to read how its done, then the Homemade Energy solar panel plans are whats right for you. The written guide, excel worksheets and all the rest are wonderful and helpful tools, but the real reason I recommend this guide is the VIDEOS.
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