We are very excited about Green Power Easy which is now available to the public. This long awaited guide is perhaps the best guide yet for learning how to convert your home to renewable energy. In an easy-to-follow instructional format series the authors Peter and Jennifer Lowe teach you how to completely convert your home to solar power, wind power, or both.
Green Power Easy is a jam packed 137 page tutorial guide that covers everything necessary to enable you to live off the grid by instructing you how to simply build your own wind turbine, create solar panels, and ultimately create your own renewable energy system.
With simple step-by-step clearly illustrated instructions Green Power Easy will guide you from start to finish in your home energy conversion project. We were impressed when we noticed that our early release copy contained one supplement that it is not included in any of the competitor’s offerings. It’s an additional manual that enables you to determine the exact system that will be required to power your home, whether using wind turbine generators or solar panels. Because every residence differs in size and design, requirements for power and installation design also vary.
If you’ve already been doing your homework you’re well aware that off-grid energy systems can easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars, especially if you engage commercial contractors. The thing we really liked about Jen and Peter Lowe’s system is that teaches how to create our own sustainable home power system at an affordable cost.We found their manual and system to be so well illustrated and thorough that we feel pretty much anyone armed with some simple hand tools and the Green Power Easy System would be capable of converting their home to “Green” power.
There are several great guides on the market and we’ve reviewed a couple more here. But, when you’re the late comer into a market that already has quality products, you’ve really got to put out an extra effort . . . or you become just another “me too” product. As Jen and Peter Lowe both work in the Green Power industry, their knowledge clearly shows and we feel they’ve hit a home run with Green Power Easy.
This is a product where the creators have truly over-delivered. As far as we know, no other product offers you ongoing monthly support in video format. A unique, cutting edge development that Jen and Peter Lowe have added to the Green Power Easy is the availability of the Green Power Easy series. The monthly video feature expands on an already excellent knowledge base contained in the product manuals and continues to offer you further guidance and instruction long after the original manual starts collecting dust.
Honestly, if we were just evaluating the guide itself, we would have to acknowledge that it is one of the best we’ve seen . . . But . . . when you add in the bonus supplements and availability of the ongoing monthly Green Power Easy series, Green Power Easy was the clear cut leader of the pack. The only thing we had bad to say about Green Power Easy was that you had to wait for their launch . . . but now it’s available.
You can learn how to build a wind generator, and you won’t need to spend a lot of money. There are many benefits to building your own wind generator. Besides that fact that you can save money on that electricity bill every month. The process of building a home wind generator will actually have you living as they say, “off the grid”.
The hardest part you will find in how to build a wind generator is the fact of getting the blades and hub built. You can actually at times get the material free, if you find the place to get some recycled material for free you can make these easily. You need to get your designs from a person who knows what they are doing for your wind generator building kit.
You tail and body you can form from any type of new or even material that has been recycled. The body can be made up for any type of pipe, for this example a steel chimney pipe that was recycled was used. Companies that deal with wood stoves or fireplaces for people may have extras they are looking to get rid of, check those locations for free or very inexpensive product.
Next you’re going to need to build your tower for your wind generator. You need to of course decide on what size you want your tower to be. Remember you may be able to also find these free in your area, or very cheap. These towers can also be bought, it will run you about the same as a wind generator would run to purchase. Or build it yourself, normally you want a tower that stands at least 15 feet tall, and no higher than 300 feet.
You will need your bank of batteries to run your wind generator. It’s really the heart of the full system, and should for that fact be treated well. You will get how many batteries will be needed along with plans of building your overall wind generator. This battery bank can be hooked up in order to run the AC outlets in your home.
So why should you even think of building a wind generator? Well to save money that’s why, and you can do this in any part of the world that you live in. Solar generators will not put out as much energy when compared to a wind generator. Many people will use both options, but when you compare the two wind generators are by far more cost effective.
Building a wind generator will cost you a lot less money than buying one, which can run all the way up to the mark of $4, 000 at times. Instead you can buy or even get your materials for free with just the purchase of a blueprint to create a wind generator.
An easy process that can be done quickly, and will have you saving money in droves at times. How to build a wind generator? With a few tools and some work you will have your own wind generator soon.
The second alternative power for residential guide that we’ve reviewed is the Power 4 Home by John Russel. Firstly, who is John Russel? Russel is an electrician by profession with more than 15 years in the industry. With many years of experience in the electric domains, he tried to create a system that would allow you to become energy independent with the minimum amount of equipment and investment. The Power 4 Home manual is basically written based on his experience with home renewable energy system.
Generally, the Power 4 Home uses the same concept as Earth 4 Energy. The e-book was written to help home owners to drastically reduce the cost of using electricity by supplementing the home power supply with solar modules or wind generator.
With the Power 4 Home manual you have 2 options: You can either make a wind generator or a solar array to harness free energy from nature.
You can choose the system that suits your weather climate. If you live in a sunny area, you should opt for solar power system. If you live in a less sunny place, Power 4 Home wind energy section will show you how to harness the power of the wind with homemade wind turbines.
John Russel did an excellent job on the manual describing the background concepts of residential solar and wind power systems without bogging down the reader with unnecessary electrical or other technical theories. Everything included in the manual seems to exist only to make building the project a little easier.
Product Guarantee: Since Power 4 Home is offered under Clickbank also, the 60 Days Money Back Guarantee policy applies as well.
This definitely gives any potential buyer an ease of mind. If you do not think the e-book is helpful, just ask for your money back. There is no question ask.
Bonus Material: There is also a bonus package included. Any purchase of the Power 4 Home manual comes with additional bonus e-books worth $196.96! The bonus e-books cover topic such as parts suppliers, advance power saving technologies, IRS tax rebate forms etc.
The Verdict: Since the Power 4 Home is also offered at$49.97, it serves as a good alternative to the Earth 4 Energy manual.
All in all, its a great home green energy package which means you can be enjoying electricity bill savings for very little, very quickly.
Why do we put Power 4 Home as the runner up? Both Power 4 Home and Earth 4 Energy have very similar content with similar quality as well. The only different is track record. Earth 4 Energy has been around much longer. Nonetheless, both are great DIY home energy guides.
Generally speaking, GreenDIYenergy is a downloadable DIY green energy manual that basically teach you how to build your own renewable electricity, mainly using harnessing solar energy. Then, is Green DIY Energy good? Well, I would say it is an easy to follow manual, because it has a lot of color pictures, diagrams and schematics that basically show how everything is done. With the fully illustrated process, even a complete beginner like me can easily follow. If you also like me, who totally has no experience in “wiring” and not a fans of “electronic stuff”, don’t worry, you can do it with the help of this manual too.
I personally love the Video Library, one of the bonuses came along with GreenDIYEnergy guide, as it really helps me a lot on my solar energy project. Ok, you may ask what is this Video Library? Well, it is actually a few video that show you how real solar panels being created. That’s means you can create your own solar panels by following exactly the steps shown in the video. Cool huh?
Here’s a rundown of what you’ll get with Green DIY Energy Package:
What Are the Main Benefits You Can Expect to Experience by Following the Green DIY Energy Methods?
The solar panels can cut down your electricity bills by as much as 80 to 90%. For some people who live in areas that receive a lot of sunlight, they have also been able to sell the excess power that is produced back to the grid company for a profit. These companies that pay you the excess produced use a net metering policy. This means that the extra electric power generated by you can be shared by other users on the grid, and you earn a profit for supplying this electricity.
Using these plans have made the solar panels a much more worthwhile investment. Buying the panels retail are very expensive and from my calculations, can take a few years before the investment amount is made back. Using Green DIY Energy allowed me to recover my costs in just 2 months.
In the case of a power outage, your house will continue to receive electricity from the solar systems or from the batteries at night and will not be affected by the outage.
You can start to receive tax credits from the government for using cleaner green energy.
GreenDIYenergy – The Bad Points
I actually like everything about the product, except for the fact that it does not come with an instructional video for how to make a windmill. It could have been much easier to do that. But considering that the manual for building a windmill is already part of the bonus, it actually is a bargain. And besides, after purchasing, you get free online technical support if you have questions about building the windmill.
GreenDIYenergy – The Good Points
Clear and easy-to-understand. That is what Green DIY Energy is. It is all about teaching other people, whatever their backgrounds may be, a concrete and tangible way to make energy production a little more eco-friendly, without having to sacrifice our own modern conveniences. Even a 12-year-old boy who wants something different to show off for show-and-tell and a 58-year-old female artist who had no experience in electricity whatsoever can make their own solar panels with Green DIY Energy. If they can, so why can’t you?
Is It Really Possible to Make Your Own Green DIY Energy System?
Home owners research into this idea because they are mainly looking for ways to cut down on their utility bills. This is due to the current economic crisis that has forced everyone to start thinking about how to save money. One alternative that most people have heard about but are not implementing is to build their own renewable energy systems. They are not implementing it because they have the wrong perceptions that it would be too expensive and difficult to build.
This is actually not true as I have found out for myself. Such green DIY energy systems are very easy to build and are the best way to cut down on electricity costs. Besides cost savings, there are also a whole host of other benefits that these systems can provide compared to using the traditional method of burning fossil fuels for electrical power.
Conclusion
GreenDIYEnergy is the highest quality, most complete DIY solar guide available. The package includes DVD quality videos, over 200 pages of pdf ebooks, and Excel spreadsheets – 17 components in all. Using the ebooks and videos, I was able to successfully build my own solar panel. By following along with the videos like I did, you can build a solar panel too. If you’ve been thinking about building your own solar panel, I highly recommend Green DIY Energy.
Ever since the global crude oil price reached its peak at $150 per barrel back in mid 2008, home owners have had to pay a higher electricity bill. This is not surprising since most of the utility companies use oil or natural gas to generate power. The dreadful question is, would there be another price hike in the future? Chances are…it might. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to be at the mercy of the power companies. They increase the power rate I have to pay but I have never seen a reduction…even when crude oil prices have reduced!
That has lead me to source for ways to reduce my home electricity consumption. One alternative is to use renewable energy sources such as solar and wind generator.
As it turns out, there are many DIY residential renewable energy guides on the web. One of the popular ones is the Homemade Energy e-book from www.homemadeenergy.org.
Is it any good? Or is it a scam?
That’s the reason I’m writing this review.
The Homemade Energy book is written by Ben Ford. Ben is a 52 year old Californian who has some experience building residential green energy systems. You can see Ben in his introduction video above.
For this review, I decided to purchase the manual.
To be honest, I was a bit hesitant before I made the purchase. But I did it anyway. There’s actually a 60 Day Money Back Guarantee on Ben’s offer. So I thought what the heck. There’s no harm trying it.
There are actually 2 manuals that come with Homemade Energy. A DIY solar panel and home wind turbine guide.
Ben of Homemade Energy promised he’ll show us how to own a solar or wind power for $200 or even less.
If is possible to work with such a low budget or is he pulling my leg?
I started to read the solar power guide to find the answer.
After reading the solar guide, I realized the budget of less than $200 is meant for 1 solar panel and not for the complete system.
The solar panel instruction recommended in Homemade Energy is capable of generating about 18 volts and approximately 75 watts of energy. To do that, we have to use 36 pieces of Photovoltaic (PV) cells.
As it turns out, we can get a lot of the construction material quite cheaply from Ebay.
To be fair, a complete residential solar power system would need more than $200 of capital investment. Remember, there are other components involved such as DC disconnect, switch panel, battery bank, charge controller, power inverter, power cables, meter gauges etc.
Ben did cover a quick description of all the components in his guide, but I wish he could have provided more information such as the types, cost, recommendation etc.
So, is Ben Ford’s Homemade Energy guide a scam? Personally, I did learn some valuable information from the guide. I have not read the wind generator manual yet. But so far, the DIY solar panel instructions make sense and relatively easy to follow.
Hence, I don’t think it a scam. Nonetheless, everyone has their own individual opinion. If you want to know more about Homemade Energy, click on the link below.
We are very excited about Green Power Easy which is now available to the public. This long awaited guide is perhaps the best guide yet for learning how to convert your home to renewable energy. In an easy-to-follow instructional format series the authors Peter and Jennifer Lowe teach you how to completely convert your home to …
You can learn how to build a wind generator, and you won’t need to spend a lot of money. There are many benefits to building your own wind generator. Besides that fact that you can save money on that electricity bill every month. The process of building a home wind generator will actually have you …
The second alternative power for residential guide that we’ve reviewed is the Power 4 Home by John Russel. Firstly, who is John Russel? Russel is an electrician by profession with more than 15 years in the industry. With many years of experience in the electric domains, he tried to create a system that would allow you to …
Generally speaking, GreenDIYenergy is a downloadable DIY green energy manual that basically teach you how to build your own renewable electricity, mainly using harnessing solar energy. Then, is Green DIY Energy good? Well, I would say it is an easy to follow manual, because it has a lot of color pictures, diagrams and schematics that basically …
Ever since the global crude oil price reached its peak at $150 per barrel back in mid 2008, home owners have had to pay a higher electricity bill. This is not surprising since most of the utility companies use oil or natural gas to generate power. The dreadful question is, would there be another price hike …
