If you are like me you are looking for a energy solution that isnt going to cost an arm and a leg. I looked at solar panels, and to get my house completely off the grid I was going to have to spend ten thousand dollars for new solar panels. At that, if it wasent sunny then I would be back on the grid. So I set out to find cheap solar panels, now this was not something that was easy. I had to search a lot of different places, but first lets discuss the benefits of cheap solar panels.

- Solar cells require little maintenance (no moving parts that will need to be fixed), and last a long time.

- Solar powered lights and most solar powered products are also easy to install. You dont even need to worry about wires.

- Solar energy is the best renewable resource. We cannot utilize the power of the sun at night or on stormy and cloudy days, etc., we can count on the sun being there the next day, ready to supply us more energy. As long as we have the sun, we have solar energy.

This is just listing a few of the benefits of solar power. There are many other benefits to solar power. If you know what to look for you can easily find cheap solar panels in many places. These can be either new or used solar panels. Here are some tips about getting the best out of your hard earned dollars. These are not fool proof and are my suggestions, but will give you the best chance of a successful purchase.

Search for items for sale in your country.

New Cheap Panels, some stores offer steep discounts because they are subsidized by the government

Used Cheap Solar Panels, often there are people selling these panels for cheap, look in news papers etc.

Using Ebay, there are thousands of products available on ebay. With auctions starting and ending every minute make sure to check every day for the items you are looking for. For solar panels try different keywords to trigger auctions, like cheap solar panels, solar panels, free electricity, this is something that you just have to keep trying.

One last thing, when you get your solar panel make sure to ask this question Does it provide steady current flow throughout the day? If the panel shows fluctuating voltage or voltage drops in the brightest part of the day then it probably has some issues with corrosion or other damage to the internal circuitry. This is often the case with old thin solar cells. Unless you are the engineering type repairing damage is way too much work to make the purchase worthwhile. Cheap solar panels that don't work are worthless