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There is no denying that running your home on solar power can be a great money saver. Plus there is the added bonus of being environmentally friendly, which can make you feel good about doing your part to save the environment. So if solar power is free and environmentally friendly then why isn’t every one using solar panels for homes? Well the initial cost of buying and installing solar power systems can be a huge deterrent, until now. Let me give you an example

Let us say that your electric bill, on average, runs you about $150 a month. This means you are spending roughly $1,800 a year in electricity. So you decide that using solar power to eliminate this cost would be a great idea, that is until you see the average price tag attached to most solar power systems on the market today.

At the very least you are going to be spending between $2,000 and $4,000 to buy your system and have it professionally installed and these are the basic systems. These systems can significantly reduce your home electric bill, but probably won’t eliminate it completely. This means it will take you around 2 to 4 years just to pay off the initial investment before you start seeing any savings. But what if there was a cheaper way to achieve the same results.

There have been a lot of diy solar power systems floating around lately, some of them are very good while others leave a little to be desired. The fact is that it is not nearly as hard or expensive as you think to make and install your own home solar power or wind power systems, and at nearly a fraction of the price of the professionally installed system, this is become a more and more appealing option.

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One of the projects that I’ve had my eye on is the sustainable trailer house. This house is built onto a 16ft. flatbed trailer designed to be hauled around by any 1500 size pickup. Now you might think that it would be better to buy a manufactured house but in all reality our design will be more wind and weather resistant than most manufactured campers on the market today. Sure it won’t look like a camper but our design is meant to be a portable house not a recreational camper.

A very similar idea has been developed by the creator of tumbleweed homes but I want to extend the idea a bit further. Not just a sustainable living home but also a solar powered trailer house. I am a webdeveloper by hobby and I need at least minimal electrical resources in order to power my computer, and I am also a night owl so at times a light bulb would be nice. But proper use of fluorescent lighting can lower your power consumption dramatically.

This idea can also be converted to a standard manufactured home (trailer house) by applying a few additions to the current structure. The idea is to create an insulating layer of shade between the trailer house and the suns rays beating down on it’s roof. It’s really quite simple you build a pole frame garage just a little bigger than your trailer home. You can get as creative with this as you like. I suggest building out further on all sides and putting shelves between all of the poles not containing doorways. This allows the breeze to get through but stops the hot summer sun but allows the valuable winter sunshine inside for you to enjoy.

Now here is a novel idea that I didn’t think of myself. If bears further thought… what about getting off the grid room by room? Read the original article Going Solar Room by Room