A word about the DIY Energy guides.

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There are those naysayers all over the internet who will tell you that buying a DIY energy guide like Earth4Energy is a waste of money.  In the beginning a lot of these DIY guides received a bad rap because of the outlandish claims made on the sales pages.  Most of us aren’t stupid, and we know that we are not going to be able to cut our energy bills in half with a $200 investment.  These wildly exaggerated sales pitches were a turn off for a lot of people for good reason. After all, when you read bogus claims like that all credibility goes right out the window.

Over the last year or so, the more reputable DIY Energy guides such as Earth4Energy and GreenDIYEnergy have toned down their sales pitches somewhat, and have made vast improvements to the overall quality of their product. And for those who are looking for a more cost effective means of generating their own power with solar or wind energy these DIY guides can be a good choice.

Building a working solar panel or wind generator from the ground up is a relatively easy, and enjoyable project for anyone with average DIY ability. You won’t be generating 80 or 100% of your power needs for under $200, but you may be able to do it for under $2000, or $3000, depending on your energy requirements, and this is still substantially less that what a commercially installed system would cost you.

There are a couple of negative points we should mention when it comes to doing everything yourself. Unless you have a lot of free time on your hands, you won’t be running your entire household off of solar and/or wind power anytime soon. Second, you may need to do some checking before you throw a bunch of homemade solar panels up on your roof. There may be restrictions with the local city code enforcement or homeowners insurance that will prevent you from installing homemade solar panels. Also the project (depending on it’s size) can be very labor intensive, but if you can manage to find enough free time to gather the materials and assemble everything, you can in fact save a great deal of money.

If you are looking to start out with something small like solar power for a vacation cabin or RV then doing it yourself can be a fun project. You will learn how a solar panel works, and how all of the components fit together to provide usable power. The benefit of buying a renewable energy DIY guide is that you will learn a lot from it, for a relatively small up front investment.

We only feature 2 renewable energy guides on this site, because we feel that they are the only 2 that offer not only a complete set of diagrams, but a complete video series as well. We have carefully reviewed both of these DIY energy guides, and can vouch for the fact that they do contain all the necessary information that you need to get your solar or wind project off the ground. You can easily follow along and construct a solar panel or wind turbine with these guides. Even if you only generating a small amount of usable power with the system in the beginning, you can add to it and as it grows, you will begin to see some real benefits in terms of the money you will save on your energy costs.

If you aren’t into the build it yourself thing, another option is to purchase a complete  solar or wind turbine “kit” which is basically pre-assembled solar panels and wind turbines that you install yourself. Even though this will obviously cost more than building everything from scratch, you can still save a lot of money by installing it yourself.

Whatever you decide, when you see the reduction in your energy costs, you will be more than happy with the final result.