[homemaker]

Does anyone use solar power for anything? My husband and I have been talking a lot about solar power lately and trying our hand at making a solar power radio or light. I found this really cool website that has all kind of projects like that on it called instructables.com.

[webhouse]

Not yet, though I would love to have my own solar power. But it needs a big initial investment to purchase and install the solar panels. It is something I cannot afford now.

[homemaker]

You should check out that site they have projects that are smaller and more affordable. I watched one guy make a solar powered amplifier for his guitar. Very cool and it was mostly stuff he already had so no big investment. He was a poor college kid and that's how he came up with the idea.

[Stephanie13]

The smaller projects sound cool, but ultimately I would like to have solar panels for the house. I'm going to check out that website though because I think my husband would have fun trying to make little things like that.

[WhiteWolf]

Checked out the website and it is really cool! I found a few projects that the kids and I may try and so this summer. I too would love to have solar panels one day, maybe if you can do one at a time it wouldn't be so bad.

[DIYGal]

I would like to use solar power in my home someday. Growing up one of my friends whose father was an engineer had their entire house running on solar power, even his recording studio.

[cero]

I have not done this yet, but I will be at some point. I would rather get some use out of all the sun we get here and if it can cut down on bills you know.

[homemaker]

That's what got us thinking about it Cero and we are so dependent on electricity as well. Running on solar power if there is a bad storm or something you may still have power even when the neighbors don't!

[webhouse]

I would love to use solar power in my home, I just need to wait till I can afford the solar panels, which are considerable expensive now.