How to build a home wind turbine or solar panel

Converting your home to run on solar or wind power has been proven to
lower energy costs, help the environment - and even get energy companies PAY you.

But, up until recently, it was also pretty expensive - the only way to power your home with wind or solar energy was to get it done professionally, which could cost as much as $30,000. Even stand-alone conversion kits can sell for as much as $5,000.

Luckily, the last six months has seen a crop of DIY conversion guides, which show how to build professional solar panels and wind turbines yourself - using low cost materials, and with little or no technical knowledge required.

We decided to sit down and review these new guides - our key criteria were ease-of-use, affordability of materials, and speed of installation.

Overall, we were pleasantly suprised with the results - the technology evidently does work VERY well, and if you pick the right guide, you could well be up and running in a few hours.

We reviewed 11 home energy conversion kits - of those 11 reviewed, only 3 met our criteria:

Sizeable Energy Savings - at least $200 a month
Fast and Easy Setup - in only a few hours, even for novices
Affordable Set-Up Cost (well under $100)

Our Choice Earth4Energy

Earth4Energy

Rating 9.8/10

Ease of Use
Fuel Savings
Customer Support
Environment Benefits

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"Still the best Conversion Kit out there..."

By far the easiest-to-follow guide we came across - our own experience says you should set aside maybe half a day to buy the parts and get fully installed.

This is the only guide that assumes absolutely no knowledge of solar or wind power. Impressively, our support ticket was responded to in under an hour (although it could take a little longer at weekends), and there is an unconditional 8 week guarantee.

Best of all, the technology required is readily available and cheap - we were able to access all the parts needed for well under $100.

Given that its proven to produce enough energy to reduce your power bill by as much as 80%, you could well recoup your investment in under 2 weeks.

Installation works with any home hooked up to mains electricity. Aimed squarely at "novices", and still our top pick.

Update : there is now a promotion running on the site, and it is temporarily available for $49 instead of $97 - as such, we recommend ordering sooner rather than later.

The Verdict: Fast and easy setup; works for complete novices; proven savings of up to 80% - our top pick

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Rating 9.0/10

Ease of Use
Fuel Savings
Customer Support
Environment Benefits

Highly Recommended

2. Homemade Energy

Our second pick uses the same technology as our top pick - and again, we were impressed by the fast support, money-back guarantee and low setup costs.

The guide has also been featured in large national tech magazines like Popular Science and Popular Mechanics.

All in all, its a great package which means you can be enjoying massive savings for very little, very quickly. So why only four stars?

Well, perhaps we were spoiled by our top pick, but we found the directions a little harder to follow - and since ease of use is so important, we decided to knock off a star.

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Rating 7.0/10

Ease of Use
Fuel Savings
Customer Support
Environment Benefits

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3. DIY Power System

DIY Power System is our third and final pick, and it actually includes 5 separate courses to help you create your own self-sufficient home.

They show you how to build your own solar panels, wind turbines again, but also how to create your own bio-diesel in a clear and easy-to-follow format.

The difference between this and the other two sites was simple, the price - at $97 it's a little more than the other two, but does have more content. It's up to you to decide whether you need the extra info on bio-diesel.

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