The notion of unlimited and fr?? energy h?? naturally attracted the interest ?f th? ?nv?r?nm?nt?ll? conscious ?nd frug?l t? use ??l?r panels to save m?n?? ?nd th? environment. Y?u ??n b?g?n ?nd ?nt?r th?? world by bu?ld?ng ??n?l? ??ur??lf. The sun ?? the ?r?m?r? source ?f energy ?n Earth and ?unl?ght can b? ??nv?rt?d d?r??tl? ?nt? electricity using solar ??n?l?. El??tr???t? h?? become ?nd????n??bl? in l?f?. It ??w?r? th? m??h?n?? that most u? use d??l?. A solar ??w?r ???t?m generates electricity, u??? b?tt?r??? t? store the ??w?r and a ?h?rg? ??ntr?ll?r t? r?gul?t? the ??w?r ?r?du??d by th? cells mounted ?n a weatherproof enclosure and ?h?rg? th? b?tt?r???, ?nd a ??w?r ?nv?rt?r converting th? d?r??t ?urr?nt electricity fr?m th? b?tt?r? to ?lt?rn?t?ng ?urr?nt electricity u??d in th? h?u??. In this book we w?ll ?h?w ??u a ?tr??ghtf?rw?rd m?th?d ?f determining what type of solar system configuration is right for you.