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To find affordable solar power as consumers you must do your homework.  Solar power has been around long enough that there are multiple options. Just like other consumer products, look in all areas of the market place.

Think of what else you purchase and follow the same rules. Look and buy from local manufactures first. By reducing the shipping costs, the price will be reduced. Find the manufactures directly and eliminate the middleman.  This is well known in almost every market. The middleman or retailer only makes money from buying low and reselling at a higher price. Their only purpose is to take your hard earned money and supplying you with a product you could find on your own with a little bit of research.

Once you are finding the inexpensive solar panels look for the product warranty availability. Most manufacturers are guaranteed for 20 to 30 years. If you do not have this warranty, be wary. A cheap find that has to be replaced in a few months or years is not a good deal.

The solar industry has been around for many years and used items are available. When Ronald Reagan had the solar panels removed from the Whitehouse, they went somewhere. Unless the panels are cracked a used panel should be sufficient to get you going green.

Best of all is the power generation. Here is a test, if you just want to feel good. Hook up a small solar unit to your house and turn off all energy devices. Watching the power meter run backwards will give you a warm feeling.

When I was a young boy there were small communities in rural areas that had small waterpower plants that fed their local residents, then the power company first bought them and hooked them into the grid and in a few years just shut them down.  Wouldn’t it be nice to reverse that trend and get millions of small scale power plants hooked back into the grid?

Solar power is affordable for the long run; think of the future when making your purchase. Then affordable solar power is yours.