Friday, July 30, 2010

Do-it-Yourself Solar Kits

An inexpensive way to introduce yourself to solar
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Solar kits are a good way to learn about installing your own solar. Buy an inexpensive do-it-yourself solar kit. We purchased a solar kit for an RV when we first started out. It was only a 20 watt panel, charge controller, the adjustable rack and cables. It came with all of the instructions for installation.

Anything that bought that is solar is not going to be a waste of money. It gave us a really good understanding of how solar worked and it powered the lights on our travel trailer and kept the batteries charged since we only used it on weekends.

The 20 watt panel now is used to power our booster pump for the well It has been up and running for almost 4 years and we have never, rain or shine ever run out of water.

It is independent of our home solar so if we use too much power or during monsoon when there is not enough sunlight, we still have running water coming to the house. All of our neighbors, have to run their generators in the morning in order to have water. We never have.

So if you want to try out solar but do not want to spend a lot of money, buy an inexpensive do-it-yourself solar kit and try it.

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