Fountains provide beauty and natural sounds to a garden or outdoor room. There are many different ways to build and design a garden fountain. Most garden fountains are integrated into…
Solar Power
This blog tells you how to create a relaxing solar water fountain as a great feature in your garden. Depending on the size of budget and space, fountains can be…
Sustainable living advocates supply power to their homes with solar power exclusively, or they supplement their standard electricity supply with solar power components. When you’re tied to the grid, you…
A solar cell is the fundamental component of all solar power system. A solar panel is composed of many rows of solar cells. The solar cell is the device that…
A solar panel uses the photoelectric effect to convert the Sun’s energy to electricity. This electricity is generated at a voltage characteristic of the panel and is transmitted as Direct…
Solar lights use a small photovoltaic panel. When the sun shines on them, electricity is generated, storing power in a small battery bank. When a solar light fails to light…
In an ironic twist of physics, energy from the most powerful source of light in our solar system can be harnessed by the solar panel and used to power…a light.…
Have you ever thought about putting solar lights on your fence posts to brighten up your garden. With today’s concern over the environment, you should consider installing solar powered fence…
Running your home from a homemade solar set-up has become more and more popular as solar technology improves and becomes more affordable for residential use. Storing solar power used to…
Solar power has been around since the eighties, but for decades it laboured under the fossil-fuelled suspicion that it was an ineffectual fairytale liberals whispered about at weekend ashrams. The…