Earth4Energy
By far the easiest-to-follow guide we came across - our own experience
says you should set aside maybe half a day to buy the parts and get it
fully installed. This kit includes information for generating energy using
solar panels and wind turbines.
This is the only guide that assumes absolutely no knowledge about power
engineering. Impressively, our support ticket was responded to in under an
hour and there is an unconditional 8 week money-back guarantee.
Best of all, the technology required is readily available and cheap -
we were able to access all the parts needed for well under $200. Given
that its proven to decrease the power bill by as much as 80%, in some
cases even completely, you could well recoup your investment in under two
weeks.
The installation of this kit can be done on any kind of house or
building. Earth4Energy is aimed squarely at electricity "novices", and
it is still our top pick for 2009.
May 2009 Update:
There is now a limited time promotion running on the site, and it is
temporarily available for $49.97 instead of $89.95 - as
such, we recommend ordering sooner rather than later.
Home Made Energy
Home Made Energy system is simple and cheap to
setup.
According to geographical location and kind of house,
you will find detailed instructions on how to build two different types of
electricity generators:
You can decide which one to build or build both to
generate even more energy to be sold to the electricity company!
Home Made Energy is a good instruction manual and comes
closer to the other 2 competitors (a solid 60 days full money back
guarantee is provided too).
The main difference with the other two programs is that
the price is a bit higher.
GreenDIYenergy
Green DIY energy is our third and final pick, and it actually
includes 2 separate courses to help you create your own Home Solar System.
They report up to 50% reduction in the power bill - however the guide
wasn't so easy to follow, because it required some technical knowledge.
When a support ticket was submitted in order to inquire about some
technical difficulties with the installation process, our support ticket
was not responded too. A full, hands-on support system is vital if a
relative "novice" is to install the technology, and here unfortunately it
just wasn't there.
Overall this is a decent product, but unlike our top pick, it includes
only information about Home Solar Panels, without including sufficient
information on Wind Power Generation.
