How to Build Home Solar Panels?

You have placed yourself among the many well wishers of the mother earth around the world if you are considering to make your own solar panels. You have to know how you are helping mother earth and the future generation by taking the decision of making a solar panel. You have to know all the benefits of a solar panel before you know how to build home solar panels. Here, we will discuss the benefits of the solar panel and the criteria to be considered to make solar panels, before we discuss the step by step process to make a solar panel.

Benefits of Building Home Solar panels

1. You are making environment friendly green energy. Your solar panel only needs sun light as fuel and do not emit any harmful substance to the atmosphere during the solar-energy making process. This characteristic makes a solar panel system the most applauded power generating system at the current environmental situation.

2. Investment to build a home solar panel is only one time and during the installation. The investment could be recovered within a few years. You can make cost free energy after the realization of your initial investment. You can lower or eliminate your monthly electricity bills. Even you can make money selling electricity to others.

3. The maintenance of the solar panel is easy and effortless. The maintenance cost is very low. You do not have to spend a lot of time or effort or money to maintain your solar panel.

4. A solar panel installed at your home increases the value of the property. A home with a functional solar panel is valued high by the realtors.

5. Unlike conventional methods electricity generated by a solar panel could be used two ways. You can store the electricity in batteries, or you can add it to your grid.

How Do Solar Panels Work?

In this article, you will learn how solar panels work to harness the solar energy which could potentially power our homes and industries. You will also know the advantages of using solar panels, the common types of solar panels and the importance of using them.

How Do Solar Panels Work?

We know that the ecology is facing serious challenge of Global Warming. The temperature on the Earth is increasing as a result of ozone layer depletion. Man-made activities are releasing a lot of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere which are very dangerous for the health of ozone layer. Ozone layer can maintain a stable level of cooling in the atmosphere making a suitable condition for the living beings.

We need energy to perform any kind of work. We cannot think of a world without industrial activities and the input of electricity. Until recently we were focusing our attention mainly in the traditional sources of energy like coal and other fuels. As a result of the over utilization of natural resources, the ecology has been polluted very much and it has threatened our existence on this Earth.

As a solution to this challenge, we have turned our focus towards renewable sources of energy like solar energy (a.k.a. radiant energy), wind power, tidal energy, etc. Solar panels can convert the solar energy into electricity. It works on the principle of photovoltaic effect. Normally solar panels are made of silver and the conducting wires that take the current off from the panels are made of copper or silver.

My First Backpacking Adventure to Bagsak Falls, Manay, Davao Oriental

I would like to introduce to you my new hobby – Backpacking. On this post, I would like you to know the enjoyment I felt on my first backpacking adventure. Target natural beauty spot – Bagsak Falls which is located in Zaragoza, Manay, Davao Oriental.

At first, I was really hesitant with the invitation of the PASAK (Pagpangga Sang Kinaiyahan) Outdoor Club in San Ignacio, Manay, Davao Oriental. I have many questions in my mind before I accepted their invitation to join with them on a backpacking adventure to Bagsak Falls. Can I endure the hike with the scorching heat of the sun? Will I be able to cross the river with utmost strength? Will I be able to conquer the rough trail towards the falls?

Backpacking From Sitio Cabugan to Crossing Bagsak

PASAK-MANDAS on their way to Bagsak Falls

Well, let’s start with a hike from Sitio Cabugan. How long we will be able to reach Bagsak Falls? One of the PASAK members answered: “Mga isa ka oras siguro.” (“In approximately one hour.”)

Killer earthquake shakes Sichuan, China, kills more than 100, injures 6k

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has rocked near the City of Ya'an, in Sichuan province, south-west China on April 20, 2013 at 00:02:47.27 UTC. The quake toppled buildings, triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county.

According to the latest update from earthquake-report.com, the earthquake’s death toll has reached 157 and more than 6,000 people were injured.

Image credit: earthquake-report.com

The quake -- measured by the China Earthquake Administration at magnitude-7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6 -- struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly after 8 a.m., when many people were at home, sleeping or having breakfast. People in their underwear and wrapped in blankets ran into the streets of Ya'an and even the provincial capital of Chengdu, 70 miles east of Lushan, according to photos, video and accounts posted online. source

On Kristel Tejada's Suicide - Some Assumptions Worth Sharing For

You can freely accuse me of making an assumption that would seem unfounded because I don't know Kristel Tejada at all. But I do know suicide because I think about it way more than a normal person does. I think about it before I sleep. I think about it even on good days. I look up on tall structures wondering if jumping from the top would be fatal. The only thing that's keeping me breathing is my fear of failing where Kristel Tejada succeeded.

Kristel Tejada was probably depressed. I can hear the cries of the majority saying that no, she's just a victim of her financial situation but let's face it, unless you're part of the very few families who own the Philippines: we are all in one form of financial fix or another. I get stressed about money. Hell, I get stressed about a lot of things. I get stressed about nothing sometimes too. I struggle with every other thing I do because that's the nature of my brain and I can't help it but I am trying. I'm fortunate that I have a cat to care for and a family who has gone through enough death already. Oh, and yeah, they love me. That helps but I'm sure Kristel was loved by her parents too. Sadly, sometimes, we don't really get what we need from people. Sometimes they let us down.