Solar Electricity: Easy DIY Guide for Powering Your Home

Only have a weekend to install a solar electric system? Solar Electricity: Easy DIY Guide for Powering Your Home will easily guide you through the process and can help you finish by the time Monday rolls around. Inside you will find color photos, expert step-by-step instructions, safety concerns, and tools and materials you will need. Projects include mounting solar panels, a stand-alone solar light system, and a solar-powered security light.

Excerpt from the Book:

Every hour of every day enough solar energy falls on the Earth to supply the entire planet with power for a year. The energy is completely free and non-polluting; there’s no danger of an oil spill, no mountaintop removal, no toxic waste, no smog, no nuclear meltdowns, and no monthly bill. Plus, it will keep coming for at least a few billion years. The only catch is that we haven’t entirely figured out how to harvest as much as we need. We’re making progress, but we’re not there yet.

There are cost-effective, efficient ways to harvest solar energy right now. Here we’ll explain some of the basics of solar electricity, from battery charging and simple lights and show you simple ways you can make use of solar electric technology right now.

Table of Contents:

Solar Electricity: Weekend Projects
Introduction
The Solar-Powered Home
Assembling a Solar Electric System
Project: Mounting Solar Panels
Project: Stand-Alone Solar Light System
Project: Solar-Powered Security Light