DIY Power Systems
By Johnathan
Cunnings
With today’s increasing living costs, people
tend to save money where they can. That is why the Do It
Yourself revolution emerged. These are people who, instead of
hiring and paying someone to do something for them, they just
simply do it themselves. In the beginning, they were simple
projects home home-made benches and stuff like that, but with
the availability of information the public has access to right
now, DIY projects have become more and more technical and a bit
more complicated. Right now, DIY enthusiasts are trying, and
succeeding, in getting themselves unplugged from the power grid
and generating free electricity, all by themselves with the help
of systems like the DIY Power System.
People saw the need for something like this because of number of
reasons. Primarily it’s because of the steady increase in
electricity rates and gas prices in the past few years. Another
reason is that people are starting to notice the adverse effects
of climate change and are feeling the need to help keep the
planet healthy. The DIY Power System was conceptualized because
of the first two reasons and because of this third one, having a
contractor install a green power generator in your house can
lead to large labor costs.
Much has been said about the effectiveness of such systems when
it comes to providing all the power needed by a typical home.
Naysayers say that such systems are not reliable and maintenance
costs can be high as well. Those points might be true a decade
ago. New developments in green power technology have increased
the efficiency of such systems dramatically. The cost of
building one and maintaining it has significantly gone down as
well. The price of setup and maintenance costs will only go down
in the coming years.
There are a lot of power systems that people can install in
their home all by themselves. Some, however, are not applicable
in every geographical location. One example would be harnessing
wave movements to generate electricity. However, this could only
be done in coastal areas. Here are some examples of power
systems that can be installed just about anywhere.
Solar Generators
Solar generators arguably are the most famous, and most common,
type of renewable power sources out there. It works by
harnessing the power of the sun’s rays and converting it into
usable electricity. It basically has three parts to it; the
solar panels, the inverter, and storage batteries. The solar
panels are the ones who absorb and convert the sun’s radiation
into electricity. The inverter then converts that electricity,
which is DC power, into AC power that can be used by home
appliances. The storage batteries’ job is to store excess or
unused electricity so that there is power to use just in case
the sun’s light is not that powerful.
Wind Turbine Generators
Windmills have been around for hundreds of years. People have
been harnessing the power of the wind to make some of their
tasks, like grinding corn and even fetching water, a whole lot
easier. Wind turbines are just the next phase of development of
windmill technology. Wind turbines harness the wind by using the
force of the wind to turn rotors, which in turn rotates a
mechanical generator. A mechanical generator uses mechanical
energy to generate electricity. Wind turbines have been so
successful in producing huge quantities of energy that
commercial wind farms have been constructed worldwide to help
provide the world with cleaner energy.
Wind turbines and solar generators are now being used in
residential homes to either lower the home’s electricity
consumption or totally remove it from the grid. Some houses even
generate a surplus of power, which in turn can be sent back into
the power grid and “sold” to power distributors. The DIY power
system does not only help people save money, it actually lets
them earn some to. It will not be surprising when in a few years
time, a majority of homes in the US will be using different
forms of DIY power systems.
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