Sunday, September 5, 2010

Do It Yourself Solar

This video on YouTube has a homeowner describing how he installed a Harbor Freight Solar System. In the video he says the system has been used for more than a year to power two lights in the house. Looking at the Harbor Freight web site they have a solar panel kit for $200 that looks similar to what he is using. A person still needs to get a battery and power inverter.

If I got one of these I think I would try using a DC-DC (direct current) converter to power the computer router/Internet/battery chargers from the DC battery since all these devices use DC instead of AC (alternating current). Also try to find LED lights that use DC instead of converting AC.

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