Tag: Solar

Reducing Your Need to Store Power

Reducing Your Need to Store Power Storing the energy you have created with alternative methods is not an easy task and is fraught with waste losing power both when converting it to be stored and then again when converting it  back for use. The featured article gives some tips on making some simple changes to your …

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Solarize Your Backpack (DIY)

Solarize Your Backpack (DIY) This is a really neat DIY project that provides your backpack with solar power! It’s easy to make and works as well as one you might purchase for between 70 to 150  dollars. Making it yourself saves you money, allows you to stay connected with your small “gizmos” like cell phones …

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Cheap Solar Power

Cheap Solar Power Currently the sunshine is still free! So we should make use of it in powering our homes and businesses. Finding a secondary power source is the first step to moving yourself off the grid. Once you’re off the grid you can say good bye to those ever rising utility costs and use …

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DIY Solar for an Outbuilding

DIY Solar for an Outbuilding “Riverwalker” as he is known on the web, decided to make his new shed a bit more practical by providing it with power. However, running power lines to the new structure was not cost effective. So he decided to DIY solar power it! It is obvious how this could be …

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DIY Portable Solar Generator

  DIY Portable Solar Generator Solar power for a SHTF situation is going to be essential. These instructions are  more of an overview for a simple system built with what was available. However, it is a  good model for a simple Off Grid solar generator system that’s got a little bit of kick behind it. The builder used the power from this trailer to operate several …

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