| Installing residential solar panels on your home may | | | | anywhere there is room and at least six hours of full |
| seem like nothing but hard work but, in reality, have | | | | sunlight. If you do want your solar panel grid installed on |
| become increasingly easier to do all by yourself and | | | | your roof, get an inspector out to make sure your roof |
| you can save a ton of money in the process. You can | | | | can support the weight of the entire grid. |
| build the units yourself, or buy them pre-made and | | | | Using solar panels on your home will allow you to save |
| install them yourself. | | | | a lot of money on your energy bills. Even if you are |
| If you buy them pre-made they will cost you a lot of | | | | not able to go entirely off-grid there are significant |
| money. Building them yourself is the way to go. It's | | | | savings to be had with the installation of solar panels, |
| easy and affordable and you can find step-by-step | | | | combined with other green energy sources you could |
| instructions online to help you along the way. Learning | | | | save several thousand dollars a year. |
| how to make your own solar panels will probably save | | | | There are some things to be careful of though. If your |
| you tens of thousands of dollars over buying the | | | | house was built on a land with a lot of trees close to |
| pre-made panels. | | | | the house, you may not get the six full hours of sunlight |
| Even if your homemade panels only produce 90% of | | | | needed to allow the panels to create the energy you |
| the energy that a pre-made panel produces you are | | | | need to help power your home. Make sure you know |
| still that much ahead of the game, not to mention your | | | | where the sun shines on your house each day and |
| electric company. | | | | place the panels in those areas that get the full sun |
| Most people will want to install solar panel grids on the | | | | exposure. |
| roof of their house but the grid can be placed | | | | |