Highly Recommended - Earth4Energy
Price $49.97
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Earth4Energy Review – Summary
Earth4Energy is a very good product and is one of the best DIY solar panel guides available. The manuals are very good. The only reason that this kit does not get top billing is that the instructional videos only cover some of the initial steps in building a solar panel. Earth4Energy has recently produced five excellent videos (and more are in the pipeline) that cover the wider aspects of using and configuring solar panel systems, covering terminology, different types of on grid/off grid configurations, building codes/regulations etc. As well as a a number of bonuses (all available free off the Internet) the package includes a manual for making bio-diesel from used cooking oil.
Overall, Earth4Energy is a very good package on how to make a solar panel and wind turbine, and one that is continually being improved. Earth4Energy rightly deserves joint 2nd place with Green DIY Energy. Highly Recommended.
Review
All four of Earth4Energy’s manuals and instructional videos are very good. The instructional videos cover soldering tab wires to the solar cells and joining the cells together, the method shown looks more effective and easier to learn than the GreenDIYEnergy method. Unfortunately, there are no other videos covering the remaining steps to making a solar panel, so you have to rely on the very good manual for these. The third video shows how to make blades for the wind turbine. The website includes a sizing calculator for your PV panels.
Earth4Energy is in the process of producing a number of videos that cover the wider aspects of solar energy, the main components of a solar panel system, how these can be configured, etc., along the same lines as HomeMadeEnergy. So far they have produced five videos and probably have 3 or 4 to go. The Earth4Energy website states they will be releasing a new video every week and we note that a new video has been released while we have been undertaking this Earth4Energy review. These are professionally produced videos of the highest quality.
If you buy this kit, make sure you check the download page each week to see in there is a new video available to download.
Public Domain Videos – Earth4Energy has links to exactly the same public domain videos as Green DIY Energy. Same comments apply.
Bonuses (and Manuals) – As mentioned, nearly all the bonuses provided by Earth4Energy are also provided by GreenDIYEnergy. However, Earth4Energy is unique in providing an ebook on how to make bio-diesel from used cooking oil.
Customer support – We raised a couple of questions and the response was acceptably prompt.
Earth4Energy Review Pros – Very good manuals. The three instructional videos are good. The five recently released videos on the wider aspects of using and configuring solar panel systems are excellent and there is every indication that more are in the pipeline. No prior knowledge or expertise is assumed or required to make a working solar panel &/or a wind turbine with this kit.
Earth4Energy Cons – Instructional videos only cover the initial steps in making a solar panel.
Earth4Energy Verdict – This is a very good instructional guide to making solar panels. If the instructional videos covered the complete process of making a solar panel, not just soldering tab wires and connecting solar cells together, it would have pushed GreenDIYEnergy into 3rd place. The new videos are really superb, five so far with more on their way. This is a very good kit and one that looks to be improving week on week. Earth4Energy rightly ties with GreenDIYEnergy for 2nd place. Highly Recommended.
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Package Contents:
Guides/Manuals:
- 1: INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR POWER
- 2: THE $98 SOLAR PANEL
- 3: INTRODUCTION TO WIND POWER
- 4: THE $140 WIND TURBINE
Bonus Books:
- Bonus #1 – Electrical Wiring Plans For Solar Panels
- Bonus #2 – Installing And Mounting Solar Panels Guide
- Bonus #3 – Energy Consumer Guide
- Bonus #4 – Wind Map Resources
- Bonus #5 – Renewable Energy Guide
- Bonus #6 – How to Make Bio-Diesel
- Links to sites to buy solar panels & materials
- Tax Rebate Forms for USA and Canada
Instructional Videos: (not downloadable only viewable, these are included in the CD)
- Building Solar Panels – Part 1 Tabbing the cells
- Building Solar Panels – Part 2 Joining the cells together
- Building a Wind Powered Generator – Making Windmill Blades
Downloadable Videos (more being released weekly)
- Introduction To Earth4Energy << Right Click and Save As – File Size 96MB
- Connecting To The Grid << Right Click and Save As – File Size 36MB
- System Types << Right Click and Save As – File Size 118MB
- Electrical Fundamentals << Right Click and Save As – File Size 192MB
- • Required Tools To Build A Solar Panel << Right Click and Save As – File Size 118MB
Online Video Library (Wind & Solar)
“Best of the Best” videos found online. Contains links to 30 public domain videos
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