| In this time of high cost electric energy, having your | | | | can last for a lifetime. Unlike any other generators you |
| own homemade solar power can be beneficial | | | | might just need to check it once a year and it would |
| especially, because solar power is cost free and | | | | be perfectly fine. |
| abundant in supply. Read on, because we will discuss | | | | 2. Disadvantages |
| several advantages and disadvantages and later on | | | | - Unfortunately, it cannot be generated without sunlight; |
| we will tell how you can make your own homemade | | | | some areas have such a bad weather until they have |
| solar power for a price less than $500. | | | | only sunlight few times during the year. |
| 1. Advantages | | | | - Ready made systems are still too expensive since |
| - What I like about solar power is that it is a renewable | | | | they are not manufactured in large quantities and that |
| source of energy, no matter how much you use it. | | | | could put people off. |
| You will always find plenty of it as long as the sun is | | | | Buying homemade solar power is not cheap and can |
| up. So you can use it over and over again without | | | | cost you thousands of dollars, however you can build |
| need to worry it will diminish. | | | | your own solar power equipment for less than $500. |
| - It doesn't produce pollution, unlike any other sources | | | | You can find almost all the necessary equipments at |
| of energy that pollute our environment incurring global | | | | your local electric store. |
| warming to our world. | | | | Some of the necessary equipments are small solar |
| - Low maintenance cost. Homemade solar power | | | | panel, deep cycle 12 volt battery, box for protection |
| equipment needs a very low maintenance cost and | | | | from children or animal, 12 volt DC meter and DC input. |