Earth4Energy Is Now Our Highest Rated Wind
And Solar Electricity Generator
Manual
Can
Earth4Energy Truly Put An End To Your Electric
Bills?
Earth4Energy Review
Rated
9.7 /10
Earth4Energy is
the name of an eBook that deals with the timely and
important topic of how to reduce the escalating costs of
electricity in an environmentally friendly way. This
instruction manual attempts to teach the reader how to
build low-cost solar and wind powered electricity
generators in order to reduce or even completely eliminate the
amount of power purchased from the utility
companies.
One of the major problems of home generated
electricity has been the enormous up-front cost of purchasing
and having a commercial system installed. At $6,000 to well
over $20,000 the beak even point can in some cases be 8 to 15
years. Building your own can be as low as $200 each for either
a solar panel or a single wind turbine. The pay back on
building it yourself can be just a few weeks.
What you get:
Earth4Energy is
an instant download, 73 page eBook that you can read
directly from a computer monitor or print out for more
traditional reading. (Note: see update below about new
videos).
What Building Skills Are Required?:
Just the basic tools skills that most homeowners acquire
over time. Using a jigsaw, electric drill, soldering,
hammering, sawing, screw driving, painting etc.
However, if you choose to integrate your solar or wind
generators into your home wiring to run your appliances or even
to sell your excess electricity back to the power company, you
will need to hire a licensed electrician.
What Tools are Needed?:
Jigsaw, hand or circular saw, soldering iron, electric
drill, socket set, file, hand sander, screw drivers, paint
brush, hammer, etc…. well you get the idea. All you will need
are common everyday tools most of which you may already
own.
How Much Time Does It Take To Build?:
Once the parts and raw materials have been acquired it will
take about a weekend for an organized and experienced handy-man
(or handy-woman sorry). It might take at least a week per solar
panel or windmill for those of us with more average skills.
The Negatives:
The book is not a perfect step by step example of
exactly how to build the same solar panels and wind
generators that the author built.
I must say though, in defense of Earth4Energy,
it does acknowledge that you may not find exactly the same
parts for your generator projects anyway. So, the
instructions are geared toward helping you to understand the
concepts behind the construction for maximum adaptability
when building your own version.
Some details are missing that I found annoying. Almost
nothing is said about how to mount the solar panels to the roof
of your house. It also was not completely clear how to mount
the windmill motor/generator and blade assembly on the vertical
support pole so that it will spin freely without wobbling. I
suspect this is more obvious once the hands-on part of building
begins.
I also wish that the book came with a companion video.
(NOTE: see the new update below). I find
that so much more of the critical construction details can be
communicated through a video as compared to the written
word.
The 73 pages of Earth4Energy do
contain a few chapters of fluff like: Ethanol As A Viable
Energy Source, Hydro-Electricity and Reducing Your Oil
Independence. While somewhat interesting they add
little.
The Positives:
The writing is mostly clear, simple and understandable.
You can tell that the author of this book has actually built
the solar and wind generators that he writes about.
The manual includes lots of diagrams, illustrations and
photos that, most of the time, do an adequate job of clarifying
the written instructions.
The book is available in an instant download format. This
means that about 5 minutes after ordering over the internet its
on your computer and ready to read directly or print out for a
more traditional reading.
I purchased my copy at a sale price of $49.95 which is
reasonable for this specialized information, especially if you
consider that the project should pay back your entire
investment in just a few weeks. Of course you have to actually
build something and not just read it to make this happen.
Support:
An email address is available for technical support
questions. Also, free updates are posted to the Earth4Energy
members section of their website. 6 Updates were posted in July
of 2008 alone.
Guarantee: Earth4Energy offers
a 60 day money back guarantee.
Price: I purchased my copy on sale for $49.97
USD
Bottom Line:
The earth4energy manual
is a competent, if not perfect, guide for making these
energy saving devices. It is complete enough to have sold
more that any of its competitors products as of the time of
this writing. In other words it gets the job done at a
reasonable price. It is for these reasons that I am
comfortable recommending earth4energy.
UPDATE: The
Earth4Energy Company has begun to produce a whole series of
short and focussed videos that show critical details for
building windmills and solar panels. At the time of this update
they are the only publisher to do so.
Some of the initial videos show essential methods and
tricks for easily soldering electrical leads to the
individual solar cells as well as exactly how to
interconnect all the cells in an entire panel.
These and future videos on windmill construction are
available on a special "members only" webpage that is available
at no extra charge to anyone that buys the main eBook.
Because of the addition of these new instructional
videos, I have increased this program's rating from 9.0 to
9.7. Earth4Energy
is now our highest rated
program.
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