"My name is Jon. I am not what you would call a technical person. I got into the world of green energy out of a necessity to save money. I was laid-off in October, 2008. Since then, I have been actively looking for work and even more actively looking to cut down on my costs. I found this site and bought one of the kits reviewed here. With all the parts, it only cost me about $200 to build my solar panels. Within a month my electrical bill was down to about $40 a month. I calculate that I am saving about $3000 this year."