Hey there, thanks for coming back to read about my adventures with diy solar panels. I’m sure you’re wondering what on earth led me to try to beat the electric company at its own game and produce my own alternative power without using used solar panels let alone a brand new solar system.
Like I said in my first post it was a giant bill that finally put me over the edge. I had thought about buying solar panels for the home, but never really got serious about it until that bill arrived. My wife got the bill out of the mail and it was way higher than it should have been! I called and hollered at them but you know the power company, they didn’t listen.
So I looked around at alternatives. Since my wife and I are alone at home now we didn’t have much usage we could cut down on without being uncomfortable. We decided that we should investigate alternative energy solutions. If the city can use solar power for their buildings then I could probably cut my bill significantly with alternative energy sources, right?
I picked up the phone and started calling around. First I called around to some solar panel manufacturers to get an idea of what I needed. I could get brand new roof mounted solar panels, or even solar roof tiles! Using solar water heaters could also seriously reduce our power usage since we didn’t have natural gas. Well, that was exciting until I got some prices. Good grief. There’s no way I could afford to buy a new system.
On to local shops, I found some guys that specialize in used residential solar energy systems. Not super common, but worth a try. They came out with some light meters and measured the sunlight we get and decided that if we had the right solar panel efficiency we could make a big dent in our bill.
A few days later they returned with some sample used solar panels and we were well on our way. Or so I thought.
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