How I Used Solar Panels to Save Money
$29. That’s how much I used to pay for electrical consumption every day. In a month that totals to $270. I live in a household with 2 teenagers, each with a personal computer, an AC unit that’s turned on for half the year, and a television that’s hasn’t been turned off in a very long time. Add that to the increasing prices of other commodities, and my budgeting plan was thrown to complete chaos.
Cutting down on electrical consumption seemed the most feasible way of lowering our monthly utility bills and saving money, but in my setting, it was practically impossible. That was our problem: we obviously wanted a lower energy bill, but we couldn’t lessen our total consumption. That was when my husband and I came up with a brilliant idea. What if we used solar panels to generate some of our own electricity and cut our dues in half, probably more?
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It sounded like the best possible idea. That is, until we inquired about the costs involved. A single commercial solar powered generator system installed in our home would set us back $20,000. Even buying used solar panels, as opposed to brand new ones, were still an expensive option. We wanted to save money, and we could do that if we used solar panels but purchasing a commercially manufactured solution didn’t sound too practical. So, as a joke, I asked my husband, “Why don’t you just build your own?” (lol).
His eyes widened…he hadn’t even thought of that yet he’d heard of it being done before. That was perfect for us since we couldn’t afford a commercial system. So we looked up some plans online and found out about Earth4energy.com and their incredibly simple to follow guide on building solar panels from scratch.
We couldn’t believe how easy everything was after it was all set and done. Furthermore, we couldn’t believe how much those solar companies were charging their customers especially after we found out that we could create equally functional panels for a measly fraction of their prices.
The instructions in the videos were more than helpful. We managed to build a good 3’ by 4’ panel with materials that cost less than $175.68. Provided that it probably isn’t as “efficient” as the commercial ones, we still managed to cut down our electrical bill by almost 30% in the first month. We decided to build another section the following month and our electric bill was reduced by almost 60%. It was absolutely amazing.
We wanted to calculate how much money we have saved from the very beginning when we first used solar panels for our energy, and we found out that the whole system was able to pay for itself in less than a few months of use. Granted we won’t be able to fully disconnect from the grid (that was never our intention anyway), but the big discount we get on energy each month give our bank account more relief than we ever thought possible.
$2. That’s how much I’m paying for electrical consumption (on average) every day now.
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Hi, my name is Lisa and I started this blog to share my story with the world. I have been powering my house using all natural methods and it has saved me a ton of money; feel free to look around my blog for more information!