Installing Solar Panels
When installing solar panels, it is a must that batteries be connected to the system before any product that will be powered by the solar panel is connected to the system. Don't make the mistake of connecting anything directly to the output of the solar panel with out at least having batteries connected to the system first or your product may be severely damaged. more...
Problems with Home Wind Power
Wind power uses generators or alternators to produce electricity. Unlike solar, which due to it's means of producing power lends it's self to a constant voltage in a wide range of conditions, alternators and generators traditionally use up to 40% of their produced power in regulating their voltage output. more...
Batteries
Batteries are the most important link in the chain of any home powered, off grid, system. Batteries are where your hard earned power is stored to be used when needed most. There are many types of batteries and all of them are different. Learn what batteries are needed to store power for the purpose you need the power for. more...
Home Made Energy
Affordable alternative power, is the goal, alternative electricity to be more precise. There are many ways of producing electrical power but which is best for you? Alternative power sources that are realistic are limited. We will be discussing the three main way of producing electrical power in your home, off grid.
So why would anyone bother with "Home made energy"? Well thousands of small business in California wish they had. Thousands of small business went out of businesses when the cost of electrical power went through the roof a few years ago. I was personally effected when my meat place, that offered meat at a great price well below the super market price, was forced out of business when their freezer electrical costs went from a few hundred dollars a month to a few thousand a month. These were business that had spent years developing their name, reputation, and product just to be wiped out with a blink of an eye because there was no alternative energy.
Can a viable "long term use" cost effective mini home power plant be developed? Well lets look at the facts. The major power plants have costs that a mini home unit would not have. There are huge losses with hundreds of thousands of miles of transmission lines. Ever hear them buzzing and crackling at night, that's electricity being given away in the air. Also there is line resistance, electricity thrown away on heat. In big cities all over the world, in summer time, that heat almost melts the power lines off their poles. That heat is due to resistance in the hundreds of thousands of miles of transmission line. These are huge losses. Then there is profits, the power company needs to make a profit, the middle man has to make a profit, the stock holders need to make a profit, and the CEO's and the upper management people need to make out of this world profits.