Official Site: Magnets 4 Energy

If you’ve been keeping tabs on recent posts, you’ll see we’ve been taking a look at magnetic renewable energy and how it can form a viable alternative or complimentary addition to a home energy network. We were asked to undertake a Magnets 4 Energy Review to see how to construct our own generator for under $100.

NOTICE: Now, before we kick into the rest of the review, there is an important notice we think our readers deserve the benefit of.  We did quite a bit of research into the magnetic energy gig and have discovered a free pdf by John Piggot which includes the design specs for a permanent magnetic generator.  A lot of the info in this product was freely available in the pdf so why not check out the design.  Some people may be fine with using just those schematics.  Others will want more guidance on the project as a whole and may benefit from the video series included in Magnets 4 Energy.  Frankly, we wanted you to have the option of both.  In these times, any money saver can be pretty important.

Now, our interest in magnetic energy has been piqued by other products we’ve recently reviewed, and we’ve been doing a good deal of reading on the subject of late and fancied ourselves as becoming lay experts on magnet generators.

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Official Site: Magnet Energy

There’s a new product to hit the market which has us excited, and in this Magnet Energy Review we’ve been asked to take a look at how you can implement magnetic renewable energy as part of a complete ‘off the grid’ strategy at home.

Energy 4 Living has also organized a special discount coupon which means you get to own your own copy of Magnet Energy for $10 less - and its only available to our readers! At the end of our review we’ll show you how to claim this special discount.

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Official Site: Earth 4 Energy

Plenty of people will provide an Earth 4 Energy review saying the product is great, but few actually tell us why or whether it can really benefit our efforts to take advantage of wind and solar power in the home.  For those of us who are prospective buyers of this type of product, often one of the foremost questions we have in our minds is ‘will this really give me the information I need to get the job done?’.  The reality is, a lot of the online ‘tutorial’ type packages are a bit light on when it comes to the all important details of actually purchasing and installing the necessary components to a wind power or solar energy system.

Without wanting to sound too much the cynic, if I purchase a guide on how to build a windmill…I want a guide on how to build a windmill, not a fluffy overgeneralized guide which blankets basic info with unpersuasive propaganda about how good I should feel for ‘doing my part’ for the environment.  Not that saving the planet isn’t high on my agenda…it is, but I want to make sure that any info product I purchase showing me how is worthy of the investment.

Fortunately, Earth 4 Energy is one of the guides which doesn’t skimp on the details.  In fact, it’s positively brimming with info and that is one of the major reasons it tops our product list.

In short…we like idiot proof.

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Ever seen one of those wind turbines gently fluttering about in someone else’s home or near an office space? Those are not installed there for decorative purposes. Those turbines (ranging from the very whimsical looking to the industrial sized ones) are there in order to make wind electricity. Some people create wind electricity via the smallest rotating wind turbine attached to the roof of a house. Others prefer the free standing models that can generate more watts per hour, by the use of a powerful motor. Whatever the model is, wind electricity or wind power is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy that has yet to reach its full potential in modern living.

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Wind power is such a novel idea that many people (true enough) still balk at the very thought that they can create wind generator devices on their own. With a whole range of do-it-yourself wind generator products being offered out there (complete with technical support too) anyone can build wind generator and turbines on their own. Very often, homeowners will make wind generator devices in order to harness the power of the wind. Wind power can be accumulated in these generators so that it can be converted later on to much needed electricity supply. Other times, the simplest wind generator is used primarily to convert the kinetic energy into low watt electrical power.

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Solar power is one of the cleanest, most renewable forms of energy on our planet. In the last few years, however, technology has not only caught up with this trend but has maximized the way we make solar power. In the earlier days of harnessing this energy, there was this great need to install massive solar panels just so a small house can use the most minimal volume of energy. These days, solar panels are smaller, lighter and more efficient in “harvesting” larger volumes of solar energy. The best part of this deal is: this clean, dependable energy can now be put to use for more practical applications in the home via do-it-yourself or DIY kits.

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A few decades back, all this talk about harnessing solar power and building devices to make thermal energy work would be very easily dismissed as science fiction. At worst, it was a prediction of a future that was not likely to come – something similar to flying cars. Fortunately, it turns out that this is not as far-fetched as everyone (or most everyone) surmised. More and more people are getting into solar energy harnessing, which basically explains the emergence of do-it-yourself or DIY solar power kits for homes and small businesses. It is also quite commonplace now to make solar power as part of architectural plans in large scale industries and construction.

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There are so many ways to make renewable energy on a small scale level. Small scale level means: “harvesting” clean, dependable energy sources on a personal or tiny community basis and using it accordingly. But what is the best renewable energy source?  After all, using bio-fuels like methane gas (from taken from livestock and poultry) is one way where a person can create renewable energy, but that is not a particularly great option in a residential area, or for a person who are not particularly inclined to handle such “products.” The same can be said with trying to “harvest” the power of ocean waves, tides and currents. The same is also true for harvesting geothermal power like steam issuing from a volcanic source or boiling water from an underground lava pocket. Water power or hydro power can be used by a small community of people, especially if there is a small running body of water nearby. However, this is not a ready option for city dwellers and those who live in suburban housing developments, so what is?

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Ok…so not all of us are interested in battling with DC motors, solar panels, sand belts, circuitry and electrodes. That doesn’t mean we don’t still want to take advantage of the benefits solar power and wind power can provide…it just means we want someone to do the hard work involved in solar power installation and make a wind tower for us! We want a professional, who knows exactly what they are doing, and can maximise the alternative energy potential for our home. Fortunately, there are expert manufacturers and installers of both solar and wind power solutions who can make the entire process quick and painless. Today we’ll be looking at one solar and wind power company providing that very service in the USA and Canada, GoGreenSolar.

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With energy sources being depleted at a faster rate than they can be replenished, the increased cost associated with conventional power sources and the toll our dependence on fossil fuels is taking on the planet have promoted many to look to implementing home solar power systems.  Almost all new homes require solar panel installation to obtain the mandatory energy rating, but if you have an existing home, do you need a solar power system and will it be a cost effective investment?  Quite surprisingly, installing your own solar power system can be relatively inexpensive, but let’s take a quick look at some of the advantages of having one, and the type of end uses the additional power can be put to.

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When deciding whether or not alternative energy resources is something you want to implement as a money saver, one of the obvious questions is what are the advantages of wind turbines at home?  The reality is that some of us may be inclined to balk at the prospect of having to construct and implement something as seemingly complex as a wind tower.  Fortunately, as you’ll see below, taking advantage of wind power isn’t as difficult as you might expect, and the benefits may well overshadow the cons.

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Learning how to make wind generator towers at home can be one of the best all-year-round options to get off the grid and have a self sustainable home.  Wind power is also one of the most efficient and effective solutions to replacing conventional power.   The first step is determining whether your home is a suitable site to make a wind generator.  Wind power solutions work best when the following conditions are met:-

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There are generally two reasons people look to alternative renewable energy solutions. The first is because our social conscience demands we do our little bit to help ease the global energy crisis. The second is because it has the potential to emancipate ourselves from increasing costs of living. Both reasons are good ones, but let’s take a look at the benefits to ‘get off the grid’ in more detail.

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I don’t take any great delight in sounding off like a prophet of doom.  There are plenty of motivated, hyper-conscientious chest beating conservationists advocating the need to protect the planet without adding my voice to the collective masses.  However, anyone who has merely bothered to glance at the evening news once in a while is sure to have noticed the growing concerns that the world is slowly but surely marching towards a severe energy crisis.  

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