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My name is Ted and I have been looking for a way to save money on my ever increasing energy bill.
I’ve started searching for ways to lower my electricity bills, and then I stumbled across several guides that showed me a few ways to dramatically lower my electricity bills.
I decided to give it a go and… now i am saving around $115-$155 per month on my electricity bill.
So if you want to start saving too, just go ahead and read my story !
Ted Bayers
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If you have read the HSW article entitled How Solar Yard Lights Work, then you can get a feeling for how much power a solar cell can produce. The solar panel shown in that article contains 4 cells, and each of them can produce 0.45 volts and 100 milliamps, or 45 milliwatts. Each cell measures 2 inches by 0.5 inches. In other words, with these solar cells you can generate 45 milliwatts in one square inch (6.45 square cm). For the sake of discussion, let’s assume that a panel can generate 70 milliwatts per square inch.
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To calculate how many square inches of solar panel you need for a house, you need to know:
How much power the house consumes on average.
Where the house is located (so you can calculate mean solar days, average rainfall, etc.). This question is impossible to answer unless you have a specific location in mind. We’ll assume that on an average day the solar panels generate their maximum power for 5 hours.
The first question is actually pretty interesting, so let’s work on it.
A “typical home” in America can use either electricity or gas to provide heat — heat for the house, the hot water, the clothes dryer and the stove/oven. If you were to power a house with solar electricity, you would certainly use gas appliances because solar electricity is so expensive. This means that what you would be powering with solar electricity are things like the refrigerator, the lights, the computer, the TV, stereo equipment, motors in things like furnace fans and the washer, etc. Let’s say that all of those things average out to 600 watts on average. Over the course of 24 hours, you need 600 watts * 24 hours = 14,400 watt-hours per day.
From our calculations and assumptions above, we know that a solar panel can generate 70 milliwatts per square inch * 5 hours = 350 milliwatt hours per day. Therefore you need about 41,000 square inches of solar panel for the house. That’s a solar panel that measures about 285 square feet (about 26 square meters). That would cost around $16,000 right now. Then, because the sun only shines part of the time, you would need to purchase a battery bank, an inverter, etc., and that often doubles the cost of the installation.
If you want to have a small room air conditioner in your bedroom, double everything.
Because solar electricity is so expensive, you would normally go to great lengths to reduce your electricity consumption. Instead of a desktop computer and a monitor you would use a laptop computer. You would use fluorescent lights instead of incandescent. You would use a small B&W TV instead of a large color set. You would get a small, extremely efficient refrigerator. By doing these things you might be able to reduce your average power consumption to 100 watts. This would cut the size of your solar panel and its cost by a factor of 6, and this might bring it into the realm of possibility.
The thing to remember, however, is that 100 watts per hour purchased from the power grid would only cost about 24 cents a day right now, or $91 a year. That’s why you don’t see many solar houses unless they are in very remote locations. When it only costs about $100 a year to purchase power from the grid, it is hard to justify spending thousands of dollars on a solar system
That’s the question we’re going to answer by taking a close and unbiased look at the Power4Home guide and find out what’s all the noise about…
But in order to understand the value of this guide better, we need to know what went into making it and why it just may be a cut above other step by step manuals out there.
First off, the author of the Power4Home guide, John Russell, knows a thing or two about renewable resources of energy from his years of experience as a home energy consultant and an expert electrician. And it is this combination of expertise and experience that speaks for itself in the sheer clarity with which every step contained in this manual is explained, making it incredibly easy to follow, even for the layman.
Did you know that this particular guide was spoken about in Smart Home Owner, Home Energy, Popular Science, Tree Hugger and Popular Mechanics? Not to mention the tons of feedback from Power4Home users talking about just how easy and affordable it was to build their own energy systems using the Power4Home guide!
But as they say the proof is in the pudding and in order to review a particular product, the only way to do so would be to purchase it and test it myself to see if the value offered really does match up to all the hype! And so, I went ahead and bought the Power4Home Guide myself to give you a no nonsense, straightforward honest experience review…
On the surface, the Power4Home guide, like the others, aims to help you create on your own low cost alternative renewable energy mechanism for your home’s power needs. And on that level, it isn’t the only option out their due to size of the people who need such a guide, especially when the need to cut down costs in any way, energy or otherwise , is now a way more important need than it has been in recent years. ..What with the recession taking its toll and all…
But, just like any good guide, the Power4Home guide aims to start you off on your journey towards a carefree future, free from energy dependence and electric bills. But, even before you pick up your Power4Home guide, you must understand that in order to create a long term, reliable source of energy for your home, you will need to make a minimal investment…
For instance you may need to head to your local hardware store to get the requisite tools mentioned in the Power4Home Guide to make sure you’ve the right hardware to set up your home power project…that is unless you have some of them handy in your garage in which case you expenses are further reduced!
In fact, the truth is, I was able to create an effective Energy System using the Power4Home guide for less than $200! And even though there were claims of people using the guide to set up home energy systems within a day, I was able to use my limited capabilities to set up my system in almost 3 days, which was an achievement in itself for me!
Irrespective of the fact that you may need to invest a minor sum, the money you’ll save in the long run will over time ensure that your initial investment is nothing more than a blip in a long financial history of savings, savings and more savings. As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t be entirely unfair to expect reductions of your energy bills of up to $100, which quickly adds up to $1200 per year! Not to mention the sense of achievement and freedom you get from building something with your own hands to free you from the shackles of dependence on energy companies for your home’s needs! And yes, needless to say, the great feeling of knowing you’ve done your part in reducing pollution and helping the earth recover…
Perhaps the best thing about the Power4Home guide is that you don’t need to be an electrician or mechanical genius to figure out Power4Home. It’s probably one of the easiest to follow guides out their and I say this because of the all important video lessons on the guide which show you exactly how to screw in and bolt on every last component to build your own mini power station! And I guess, it’s a lot better when someone shows you how to do things visually rather than just leaving you with a long list of steps to follow, which you may agree with me when I say, can be awfully confusing at times!
Besides the above, the one thing I felt once again sets Power4Home apart from it’s peers is the fact that it helps the layman not just build a working energy creation system, but it also teaches one how to store extra energy for later use. This in turn translates into even greater savings. Also, the simple list of easy to do maintenances tips mean you don’t need to spend money on repairs or replacements as your energy system ages as well!
Some of the other main Power4Home features worth a mention are:
*83 Ways to Reduce Your Home Energy Needs to help you Maximize Your Savings
**Exclusive Parts Supplier List so that you don’t need to go hunting for Parts
*** 3 Great Interesting and Knowledge Enhancing Ebooks to Empower You With the right Knowhow
**** 3 Hours of Step by Step Easy to Follow, Explicit Videos So that You don’t Have to Waste Time Rummaging through Endless Confusing Lists of Textual Instructions
*****A Lifetime Membership to the Power4Home Support Program
******And FINALLY, An IRS Tax Debate Form, so That Not Only Do You Save Money on Your Energy Bills, but The Government Pays You For Doing So Thanks to Recent Legislations…
However, like everything else, I found that the Power4Home too isn’t without its drawbacks. Some of the negative aspects of my experience using it were:
1. One problem faced when using Power4Home was that they need to streamline and improve their Customer Service. A couple of times I tested their system, it took a little too long for my liking for them to get back to me and help me out…
2. The emphasis on the Solar Panel System seemed to be a wee bit too much, whereas the Windmill section suffered slightly…
But these were about all I could dig up…
On the Positive side though, there’s several noteworthy things that make the whole experience an enjoyable walk in the park…
1. As mentioned earlier, the biggest advantage of the Power4Home guide is the simple and precise, zero jargon language that’s been used along with clear step by step illustrations and pictures to help you at every step on your way to building your own energy system.
2. The other Unique Edge Power4Home seems to have over the competition is that it teaches you how to maintain your energy system once its set up, thereby eliminating future expenditures of part replacement/ repair in the future. Not to mention the invaluable information on how to store energy that helps the reader make even greater savings.
3. And of course, I had to write about the crystal clear and incredibly easy to follow videos which came to my rescue whenever I go stuck along the way!
However, if I were to list all the positives here, I could go on and on, which is why it isn’t much of a surprise why Power4Home has received such positive feedback from happy users across the country!
“I can’t believe how easy this was. It only took me 1 day to build 2 solar panels and I will be done the windmill by tomorrow. I was able to build it for under a couple hundred bucks by following some of your cost cutting recommendations for finding materials!”In conclusion, if you ask me Power4Home is an incredibly simple yet amazing guide and on of the most comprehensive DIY guides you can lay your hands on today. I definitely rate this product highly since it helped me create my own home energy system in under 2 days and that too without having to break the bank!
Power4Home has to thumbs up from me, and if you want to build your own home energy system at an insanely low cost, save money on energy bills for years to come and help the environment at the same time, Power4Home is the way to go! Here’s wishing a you happier, cleaner, greener and worry free live with the Power4Home guide. And besides, if you are the least bit unhappy with the Power4Home guide you can always go for the 60-day refund guarantee and get your money back. Irrespective of what the skeptics may say, in my book Power4Home is definitely worth a try…remember, nothing ventured, nothing gained…Good luck!
What’s included in the “Power4Home” kit?
* 3 very important eBooks (”Power4Home”)
* 3 Hours Of Step-By-Step Instructional Videos!
* Exclusive Parts Suppliers List
* 83 Ways To Reduce Your Home Energy Needs
* Advanced Power Saving Technology
* IRS TAX Rebate Forms
* Life Time PREMIUM Support Membership
I wanted to write this blog post because there has been a lot of discussion about Power 4 Home e-book being a scam. Firstly, I wouldn’t want to say whether anyone is right or wrong on this matter. Everyone has the right to their personal opinion
What do I think about Power4 Home? Do I think it’s a scam? The truth is, I am pretty neutral on this subject.
I think the main difference here is the “expectation” of the buyer. Can you really make a solar power or wind generator system for less than $200 as proclaimed in Power 4 Home? It is difficult but not impossible.
Most of the parts such as the solar cells, batteries, power converter, cables etc are pretty expensive. It will cost a lot of money if you were to buy them from a hardware store.
Do you know you can get them for free or at a fraction of the cost? There are a lot of used of recycle parts that you can find if you are willing to do the work.
Are you willing to spend 2 weeks sourcing for damaged solar cells, fix them and use it on your home solar array? Some people are not willing to do that. It takes too much time and effort.
Are you willing to go to a golf course, talk to the electric golf cart maintenance technician and strike a deal with him so he’ll trade you the old deep cycle batteries? Some people choose not to do that.
All this are steps that you have to take in order to minimize your DIY renewable energy project. The author of Power 4 Home did mentioned you can setup a solar panel for less than $200, as long as you follow his suggestion.
I also read a discussion on the web where a person claims that Power4 Home is a scam because he is unable to get a refund. Honestly, I find this hard to believe.
Power 4 Home is offered under Clickbank and they have a no question ask 60 days Money Back Guarantee for all of their information products.
Some information product publishers complain about this Clickbank policy because they refund without any valid reasons. As long as you send them an email together with your purchase receipt, they will refund your money. Clickbank does millions of dollar in turnover every year. Their reputation is much more important to them.
If someone who has bought Power 4 Home and was unable to get a refund, there may be a few reasons for that. The buyer may not know that you have to go back to Clickbank to get a refund. If they were to pester the guys behind Power4 Home website, you won’t get your money back because they are not authorized to do so. The published has already paid Clickbank a percentage to handle all complaints and refunds.
Before I end this post, I want to reiterate that the issue of labeling Power 4 Home as a scam boils down to our “expectation”. Some people think they can cut their home power consumption by half just by purchasing a $49.97 e-book. I doubt that is going to happen.
Most of us would not have the skill, tools or knowledge to make a functional solar power or wind energy system for our home. It is a better idea to engage a professional contractor.
As a home owner, we should be prudent. We should at least get some basic information on the science of a home solar power system. At least with this knowledge, you will know when you are being charge of unnecessary parts or work done by the contractor. If you have that kind of requirement or expectation, then the Power 4 Home e-book would be a good fit for you.