5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Solar Power System

5 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Solar Power System

Many people view solar power as a free source of energy. They’re not entirely correct, but they’re not completely wrong either. You see, solar energy becomes free once you get returns from your investment. The expense of buying and setting up the equipment: panels, batteries, converters, controllers, inverters, et cetera. 

Because of the continuous price changes in solar equipment, it may take four to eight years before you see returns in your setup. Before, it was estimated that you need to at least wait two decades before the panels pay for themselves.

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Most Effective Ways To Eliminate Smells in Your Home

Most Effective Ways To Eliminate Smells in Your Home

Take a whiff; that’s the sweet—no, maybe it’s rotten—smell of your home. Here are the most common smells you’ll encounter in your house, along with the most effective ways to eliminate smells in your homethat have no business intruding on your health.

Cigarette Smoke

Cigarette smoke is common, but it’s a smell no one wants lingering. No matter how far someone is from your door, the scent can travel and remain for an extended time. To help satisfy your senses, use a cloth and drench it in white vinegar. Ring it out, and then turn it in the air. Since the white vinegar is natural, it’ll help soak up the smell and have your home smelling like new.

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7 Ways to Improve Your Home Office Lighting

7 Ways to Improve Your Home Office Lighting
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Lighting can have a significant impact on the productivity of your home office. When you work in an office with inadequate lighting, you will experience fatigue, headaches, and eyestrain.

Workspace illumination is even more important when there is little natural light. Ambient lighting in home offices often includes overhead lights and recessed lights, but this is not adequate. It is necessary to add additional lighting sources to existing ambient light in the home office if you want functional lighting.

Consider these five things when choosing your home office lighting.

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Signs That You Have a Hidden Leaky Pipe in Your Walls

Signs That You Have a Hidden Leaky Pipe in Your Walls

The plumbing that snakes its way through our homes is a bit more delicate than we would like to believe. Sometimes, even small amounts of damage or the passage of certain objects down the drain can cause a pipe to rupture. A burst pipe is one thing; it’s usually evident when you have one of those. But what about circumstances where there’s only a small leak? How do you tell if your pipes have sprung a leak somewhere? Keep an eye out for these signs that you have a hidden leaky pipe in your walls so that you can get to it quickly.

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9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don’t Require Electricity

9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don't Require Electricity
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If you’ve ever been away on vacation and the power goes out – and stays out – can you imagine the state of your refrigerator or freezer when you return?

Yuck!

So let’s take this scenario a little further.

Imagine what would happen if you couldn’t replace that food – such as in the event of a natural disaster, electrical failure or a large disruption in food distribution.  

If you can’t figure out how to store that frozen food in another form so that it won’t spoil, you would be hungry. That’s an unfortunate state to be in – especially during stressful times.

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