Learning how to become energy independent is a crucial skill and it is inexpensive now.
If you’re ready to replace or upgrade your garage, kitchen, shop or office’s fluorescent tube lights with LEDs there are great and inexpensive LED “tubes” on the market that you can use. However, unlike your typical lightbulb where you need only screw…
An update on my broken solar panel glass video after 5 months and a winter outdoors. Still going strong, no discoloration or water intrusion so I’m quite pleased with this fix! See the earlier article where I performed the fix here: https://www.freelearner.how/2017/10/10/fixing-broken-solar-panel-glass/ Also…
Solar thermal has been around for decades, but when people use the word “solar” when talking about renewable energy they always think of the younger brother photovoltaic (PV), which creates electricity from solar, while solar thermal uses the heat from the sun…
Fixing broken solar panel glass with a silicone encapsulant I had a new solar panel propped up against a tree and it got knocked down by the wind and shattered (PSA, don’t do this). The panel was still giving good current, however…
I’ve always wanted solar power at my house, and always been infatuated by the idea of making my own power directly from the sun. Once more I’ve spent countless hours as part of a renewable energy non-profit I worked with speaking with…
When people ask me how if they can install solar, they generally mean solar photovoltaic or solar PV. To help you get solar on your home, let’s explore some of the common technologies and common terms to help you be an informed…
