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1. Hey! Thank you for this helpful video. By the way, I notice many people keep on talking about Xobotano Home Energy (google it), but I’m not sure if it’s good. Have you thought about this alternative home energy called Xobotano Home Energy? I’ve heard some incredible things about it.

2. First you need to figure out the wattage you need. You can test the wattage of your appliances using a Kill-A-Watt device. The panels in this video are 45 watts. If you aren’t using any batteries you just divide the Watts you will be consuming by 45. If you are using batteries you need to calculate how fast the batteries will drain to make sure you don’t run them past 50% charge. This is especially important at night. You also need to make sure your inverter can handle the wattage you need.

3. The local power company is converting everyone to digital meters. I understand they won’t allow the meter to run backwards. Bastards.

4. Thanks for the video. I’ve always wanted to convert to solar energy, however it doesn’t come cheap in our place.

5. GREAT ★★★★★ Solar energy is the future.
   I have built FOUR panels last year… it is so cheap when you make it “homemade”
   I have posted all steps…
   ★★★

6. @BossingVic
   Couldnt be more happy dude! I was
   really shocked seeing that my electric
   meter was running backwards. It feels
   very satisfying indeed without thinking
   of your electric bill. Anyway, I think you
   interchange the site name. That should
   be:
   GreenEnergyNow.info

7. they are selling 45 watt solar panel kits right now for $149.00 with the coupon code ‘56854919’ at harbor freight

8. i had fun at the same time i learned a lot just from watching the video…=)

9. cool

10. The Solar Panels Manufacturers are keeping the prices very high and slowly lowering it down…
    keeping demand and supply with high profits.
    Your Only Option is to Build You own Solar Panels
    There is an Engineer from Chicago that explains it All
    You can find his web site by Searching Google for…
    “Top DIY Solar Panels”
    You have to select the First Result (Skip The Advertisements)

11. sweet, will these work in a high humidity environment such as florida,georgia?

12. Cool

13. I just purchased the kit from Harbor Freight and found your video very helpful. I got a good laugh from the Bloopers at the end.Thanks.

14. (2) wires per panel. All reds to + all blacks to – equals parallel or voltage the same but amperage boosted x 3 roughly.

    SERIES
    Panel 1 BLACK TO PANEL 2 RED PANEL 2 black to panel 3 red

    SO Panel 1 has a free red, panel 3 has a free black this is voltage x 3 and apms the same as one panel.

15. you connect 3 wires to that charge controller to keep 12v right ? and thats parallel ? if you connect those 3 wires into a splitter and then with 3 inputs and 1 output then and hook that up to the battery would that still be parallel then or would that be series ? in other words if you do that would it still be 12v or 24v or more then ? im very confused about the difference between parallel and series connecting …

16. Hi Dan, Have only watched this video but it has sold me on the Harbor Freight 3 panel set. My son has a river house in South Texas and it will be perfect for marine battery recharge, running his lap top and television. You are great doing what you do and I hope that your good work will be rewarded well.

17. i wished had been here before

18. Check the federal regulations. Homeowner assoc or Cities have a tendancy to try to impose zoning regulations that conflict with federal regulations. The feds are pushing for green alternatives.
    Have the City show you the code section and ignore the letter. Force them to issue a citation and go to court.
    City hall can be beat. Ya just gotta know how. Elected officials hate to say they are against alternative energy.

19. I am just starting with the Harborfreight solar system. How many panels can I place in parallel with the charge controller unit it came with? The system came with 3 panels, I am thinking about buying more panels. Thank you in advance for the answer.

20. You would need something to turn the armature inside the alernator in order to generate an electrical current.

21. How many of these kits do you think I would need for emergency energy? I would like to power fridge, freezer and some lights during a power outage. Thank you so much for the info.

22. My local HF has these for $149, and they will accept the 20% coupon that runs in the local papers every week.

23. Cant believe some of the comments on here, some of us can only afford the cheaper stuff.

24. OK Question,Probably not the first to ask this but there are alot of comments on here.
    After you get power from the solar panel or 2 or 3 can you use that energy from one battery and connect it to an alternator to charge the batteries quicker?
    For example keep a couple batteries separate at a full charge and use them at
    night to run an alternator to charge say 4-12 main batteries?
    Just curious, going to buy solar panels for my mobile home soon and not sure which ones to buy yet, still learning.

25. Watch your electric meter go backwards after installing your wind turbine and solar array! Net Metering will help reduce your bill. Solar only works 8 hours a day. Wind is operable 24 hours a day. Go to to sovdepot dot com We have all your inverters, charge controllers, wind turbine, and solar array needs.