DIY Solar Projects how to put the sun to work in your home. Advances in solar technology have made many DIY-friendly products available to consumers, several of which will be hitting the market for the first time in 2011. These include solar water heaters, solar battery charging stations, solar powered lights, photovoltaic shingles that provide supplementary electricity, solar heat pumps, and solar panel kits that generate primary home electrical service. Among the step-by-step projects in this US book is a solar water heating system you can build and install yourself for under $1000; simple thermosyphon solar heat collectors for barns and outbuildings; or "heat grabbers" that you can fabricate for $50 in materials and position below a south-facing window to provide auxiliary winter heat. Chapters are; The solar powered house Assembling a solar electric system Mounting solar panels Stand alone light system Solar powered security light Collecting the heat of the sun Solar oven Solar water heaters Solar hot air collector window and roof mount Solar still Solar lumber kiln

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