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Making a Solar Heater With Car Radiator

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Radiator is a tool placed in the vehicle engine to protect the engine from overheating. The radiator keeps the engine cool and prevents it from getting damaged. Not only this but the there are several other uses of a car radiator. If you are thinking to buy a water heater, and possess a radiator you can save money and get your hot water. We will tell you how to make a solar heater from a car radiator. Radiators can be used to make cheap and strong water heaters.

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Simple Technique and Simple Tools

You don’t need to be an expert in auto mechanics or electronics. Any average person without any knowledge of engineering can make a solar heater with a car radiator. All you need is a car radiator, a screwdriver, tack hammer, black spray paint, two rubber radiator pipes and two pipe fasteners. Once you have collected all the tools and gadgets you are ready to start your project.Radiator is the main component of your project therefore it is necessary for you to check it properly. Before you start make sure if it has been repaired, and does not leak. The radiator you will be using should also be properly flushed and pressurized. An unchecked or leaking radiator might not work properly and can cause problems later on.

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6 Ways Residential Solar Panels will make you rich

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With the passage of time, things are being more and more complicated and problematic. World is undergoing economical crisis, gas and electricity shortage problems, high price of usable articles and increasing cost of living. Most expensive among them are energy sources.

We need to explore alternative ways in order to cut down our energy expenses, and Solar Power Kits are most reliable and best-rate among all. Its popularity is based upon number of reasons.

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Possibility of oil and gas being rare in future

Sources like oil and gas are being extinct day by day. A number of countries are suffering from energy crisis, and Pakistan is one of them. The use Solar Power Kits will solve the energy crisis to a great extent.

Cut down your energy bills by the use of Solar Power Kits

The cost of fossil-fuels is much more as compared to the past. The choice of residential Solar Power Kits will prove to be helpful in the situations, when you are unable to bear the high expenses of oil and gas. It will help you to reduce your energy bills.You need to make sure whether your home is properly insulated or not. Your saving depends upon the number of Panel kits you have installed.

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More About Solar Inverters

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Solar inverter is a complex form of solar energy. It can also be referred as a type of electrical inverter. Solar inverter is made to change the direct current (DC) from a photovoltaic array into alternate current (AC). It can be used by home appliances and possibly a utility grid. For all solar power systems, an inverter is required to make electricity usable for consumers.

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Solar inverter being an alternative energy system is often very costly for users. Therefore, to save money, people are looking for a smaller capacity inverter that could fulfill their needs. There are ways to get out of this problem. For instance, people should buy the fewer solar cells initially, and then add more with the passage of time.

Types of Inverters

Solar inverters could be classified into three broad categories:

Grid Tie Inverters

Grid tie inverters match phase (waves) with a utility-supplied sine wave or sine curve. For safety reasons, these inverters are designed to shut down automatically upon loss of utility supply.These inverters can not provide back up when a power supply or other service is not available.

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3 Types of Solar Panels For Home and Garden

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Many people have heard about the solar energy panels and intend to use them in their gardens and homes. Many want to use them in place of the regular electricity. But the problem is that people have heard of them, but do not know how to use them. The other thing that might be a matter of concern for people is that will the solar panels be enough to fulfill their energy needs. We will tell you about different types of solar panels which are available for your home and garden. The aim is to create basic understanding about the solar panels the types of solar panels available in the market. We will also elaborates the functioning and cost of solar panels and suggests what type of solar panels can a you use for your home and garden.

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Understanding the functioning of Solar Panels

Like any other form of energy solar energy is also a form of energy. The laws of physics tell us that energy can be converted from one form into the other. Likewise solar energy can be converted into electricity or heat energy. The solar panels do the job; they convert light energy into electricity or heat. Combined with phosphorus, boron or other elements the solar panels are made from silicon plates. The aim is to create solar cells which produce negative and positive charges. The two thin solar panels i.e. photoelectric modules and solar thermal collector are microscopically thin rectangle boxes which absorb the sunlight and convert it to heat or electricity.

Why Solar panels?

The solar panels are more environment-friendly medium of energy. Compared to electricity, solar energy pollutes the environment to the least and does not emit harmful gases which prove harmful for the environment.

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Best Deals on Solar Power Kits

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The tendency to build green home has been widely admired by large number of people.

Environment is a Hot Issue

The ecological issues are very hot these days; especially these are very popular on media. Each of the newscasters is discussing on carbon deposits or global warming on daily basis. If you intent to utilize a power proficient system, then you better initiate to replace a fraction of your energy requirements to such a source as substitute that does not affect environment.

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Solar Kit and DIY

You must try to acquire some solar kit out of the many available in the market, if you do concur with DIY (Do It Yourself) approach.

Easy Availability of Solar Kits

You can start with internet search tools for information regarding residential alternative energy sources. You will find a lot of websites. Solar power kits are highly in demand these days. They are sold with well defined and simple guidelines that one can easily comprehend. Many of the home workshops and local peripherals stores/shops sell the requisite apparatus and matter.

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Solar Energy Provides Energy Independence

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Solar energy prices from last 10 to 15 years had declined an average of 4% per year. A lot of progress has been made for increasing the cell’s efficiency, and manufacturing economies of scale are the underlying drivers of this price decrease. The figures in the Solarbuzz Global Price survey clearly show that prices had declined consistently over the last two years.

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A solar energy system for home usually cost around $8-10 per Watt. If the government incentive programs exist and coupled with lower prices, secured through volume purchases then installed costs for solar panels can become as low as $3-4 watt, means that 10-12 cents per kilowatt hour can be achieved. If there is no incentive programs then solar energy costs range between 22-40 cents/kWh for very large PV systems. Read the full story

Using Solar Power In Pre-Existing Home

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Solar power does not have to be restricted to new constructions only. Solar installation can be fitted in existing buildings to make the home run on solar power.

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This means that a house that is connected to the power grid can take advantage of getting a back up too. On sunny days, the solar system can produce more energy than required, forcing your electric meter to run backwards. However, in order to do this, you must take into consideration the following points.

1. Consult a solar installer to discuss the various options of installing solar panels in your house. There is a great deal of technical work involved in fixing solar panels in houses that are already running on grid electricity.

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Advantages and Disadvantages Of Using Solar Panels

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With the increase in awareness about the depleting natural resources, the lookout for new, renewable, and cleaner energy sources has also gained pace.

Solar energy is one of the main sources of renewable energy. Being clean and free of cost, it can be utilized easily to generate energy. Solar panels are used to harness the sun’s energy, but it does not come without any pros and cons.

Advantages of Solar Panels

1. Accessibility

Solar panels allow you to obtain energy from an alternative source rather than the main power grid. This eliminates the need of having long power lines running to your home. This can prove to be especially beneficial for houses that are located in far off areas.

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Solutions To The Solar Powering Problems

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Solar energy may be the most abundant source of energy, but many people avoid its usage due to the uncertainty of the weather. If you use solar energy to power your house, then what do you do on a cloudy or rainy day?

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There are three main alternative options available that can provide unlimited power even if the sun isn’t cooperating. In case you want to live independently, completely off the grid, but can’t trust your PV panels to supply all the electricity you’ll need all the time, you can use a backup generator when the solar generation becomes low.

Energy Loss In A Solar Cell

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Whenever we think of solar energy, we assume that it is just simple sunlight, ignoring the fact that visible light is just part of the complete electromagnetic spectrum.

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It is important to keep in mind that electromagnetic radiation is not monochromatic, it’s made up of a wide range of different wavelengths, and therefore different energy levels.

It is possible to separate light into different wavelengths, which can be seen in the form of a rainbow. And as the light that falls on our solar cell has multiple photons carrying different ranges of energies, some of these photons don’t have enough energy to alter an electron-hole pair.

What Are the Benefits of Solar Power?

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Solar Power is gaining popularity, becoming a key source of energy, all over the world due to a number of benefits of using solar power. Solar power can be utilized using a PV system or simply through a solar pool cover, solar garden lights or as a solar oven.

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There are multiple benefits of a solar system, which may even persuade you to consider using solar power in the future.

1. Environment Friendly

Solar power is a clean source of energy that releases no pollution into the air, thus helping prevent global warming and all other sorts of pollution.

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