SOLAR How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these solar tutorials to learn all about solar with WonderHowTo's collection of free how to articles, like Make and Use a Solar Oven, Run Your House With Solar Power, and Make a Poster of the Solar System.

You'll also find several great home & garden tutorials in the Home & Garden category.

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How To Make and Use a Solar Oven

Around the world, solar ovens, or "solar cookers" are increasingly used to reduce people's reliance on firewood and other fuels in areas ...more

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How To Run Your House With Solar Power

Unless you have US$20K or more to invest, running a typical household "off grid" is not possible; what many people take for granted as ...more

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How To Make a Poster of the Solar System

Want to make a poster and your adults or caregivers cannot help you? Try these steps. Get glue and scissors. Get some card stock. Cut the ...more

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How To Build a Solar Panel Cooker

The Fun-Panel solar panel cooker can be built in less than an hour from a single cardboard box and some aluminum foil. This is significant ...more

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How To Use Your Roof As a Solar Space Heater

Use your existing roof and insulation membrane to supply solar heated air to your home. Whenever the roof is heated by the sun the air ...more

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How To Create a Green Hotel

If you run an accommodation business, whether it be a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, lodge, resort or other type of guest facilities ...more

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How To Make Your Own Electricity

As a part of 'Energy Independence', generating electricity is the easiest and most flexible thing you can do. You can do anything from ...more

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How To Transmit Audio With a Laser Pen

Using a simple laser pen pointer, a few misc parts, and about 15 minutes, you can make a simple laser communicator that converts a sound ...more

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How To Beat a Taller and Bigger Opponent in a Street Fight

Let's face reality . Size really does matter - but it's not everything ...more

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How To Make a Psi Ball

A psi ball is a ball of psychic energy (psi), the creation of which is used to teach basic energy manipulation and programming. They can be ...more

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How To Turn off a Normal School Calculator

Do you have a calculator, but can't turn it off? The obvious choice would be to hit the "OFF" button, but what if it doesn't have an "OFF" ...more

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How To Survive on a Desert Island

A desert island may sound inhospitable, but with the proper knowledge, anyone can survive on one. Solar Stills A solar still is a device ...more

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How To Build Your Own Uninterruptible Power Supply

In the event of extended blackout, you may have critical systems (such as computer or medical equipment) that must remain running no matter ...more

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How To Install Carpet: Carpet Installation, Installing Carpet, New Carpet, Wall to Wall Carpet

Having new carpet installed in one's home is a big decision and can ...more

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Solar Race Car Reaches 93MPH

If you saw this so-called automobile out on the street, you'd probably think a UFO had landed, but sure enough, it's a car - a solar powered ...more

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How To Reduce Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Although the climate changes naturally on its own, humans contribute heavily to pollution of the environment. More and more people are ...more

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How To Defend Yourself if Attacked

Are you one of those people that is picked on and attacked by those who think they can use pain to teach you a lesson? Then teach them one ...more

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How To Live on a Deserted Island

Hopefully, you will never find yourself in a situation where you need to live on a deserted island, but it sure beats the alternative: dying ...more

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How To Take a Punch

Whether you're interested in becoming a proficient fighter or you just want to be able to defend yourself in a street fight , knowing how to ...more

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How To Create a Moxious Pokemon Team

Continuously losing to others at Pokemon battles? Want to create a cool team without having to obtain all those Legionaries? Create the most ...more

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How To Get out of a Fight Unharmed

Have you ever been in a fight and you come out beaten to a pulp? Well there are ways to get out of or even win a fight without being injured ...more

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How To Prepare for a Hurricane

Hurricane season (usually lasting from June 1 through November 30) can be a nerve racking time for everyone. Not only for those whose homes ...more

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How To Review Using Flash Cards

Reviewing. No-one likes it, but everyone needs to do it. Flash cards (or cue cards) are a good way to do this. Buy or make some cards. Make ...more

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How To Apply Rainbow Eyeshadow

Want to make your eyes look like a rainbow? well here is the perfect guide to tell you! Start by moisturizing and putting a little ...more

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How To Build a Greenhouse

If you are concerned about protecting your plants from extreme conditions in the weather or just want to create a comfortable environment ...more

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How To Dry Clothes Outside

There is absolutely nothing better than the sweet smell of sun dried clothing fresh off the clothesline. And what's more, this "solar drier" ...more

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How To Make a Tornado Survival Kit

The chances of surviving a tornado are higher than most people think. With a nice kit ready, you will be more prepared. Find a medium sized ...more

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How To Run an 18V Ryobi Tool Using a Car Battery

Special battery packs often fail. Wouldn't it be great if you could run your 18V device off a car battery instead? You'll of course lose ...more

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How To Understand the Wicca Religion

Wicca is a positive nature-based religion, but is commonly mistaken for a form of Satanism or Devil Worship--when in fact it is neither ...more

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How To Brighten up a Dark Room

If you can't see what you're doing or you'd like to see a bit better, you have plenty of options to bring in more light. Here are some of ...more

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How To Make Battery Eliminators

You've got dozens of battery-powered devices around, some used so often that you need to recharge the battery constantly; and some used so ...more

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How To Save Energy in the Laundry

Laundries are big energy suckers, from the washing machine to the dryer. It is possible to reduce this impact by following some simple ideas ...more

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How To Be a Kid Environmentalist

While there are oodles of promises and "going-to-dos" out there about protecting our environment, a lot of it is yet to happen and often it ...more

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How To Be Prepared for Natural Disasters

It is best to put two disaster kits together: one for your car in case a disaster strikes while you are away from the house, and another ...more

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How To Build a Temporary Sundial

Have you ever wanted to know what time it was, but didn't have a watch? Instead of checking your cellphone or going inside to look at a ...more

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How To Challenge People About Global Warming Theories

The scientific community has come to the consensus that Earth is ...more

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How To Defend Yourself in a Fight at School

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, someone may try to attack you. Even without martial arts or self-defense training, you can still ...more

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How To Enjoy White Sands National Monument (US)

White Sands National Monument (simply referred to as White Sands) is a national monument in New Mexico, U.S.A. 15 miles (25 kilometers ...more

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How To Prepare for a Recession

Who knows what lies ahead so a bit of preparation never hurt. The following tips may help endure a possible recession, depression or other ...more

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How To Start Living in a Tiny House

Living in a house smaller than some people's walk-in closets may not be for everyone, but those who are able to do so reap many benefits for ...more

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How To Understand Prophecies About the Messiah

If a train bound for the Continents, the Isles and "Glory" were scheduled, arrived and people started checking the reservations and ...more

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How To Get Started in Amateur Astronomy

When you look up at the darkened sky and gaze at the stars, some seem to be blinking, and you wonder why. All of a sudden, you can see a ...more

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How To Survive a Super Comet Hitting Earth

A large comet could come from the outer reaches of the solar system at very short notice. See how you could survive a comet impact like the ...more

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How To Win a Street Fight

The aim of this guide is to help you to resolve a street fight or confrontation using simple, deliberate actions that enable you to survive ...more

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How To Use Window Fans for Home Cooling

Electric fans can be a less expensive and more Earth-friendly alternative to supplement or even replace air conditioning , provided you use ...more

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How To Win a Swordfight

According to many popular post-apocalyptic movies (Six String Samurai, for one), someday we're going to run out of bullets. How are you ...more

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How To Explain the Difference Between Theory, Law, and a Fact

If you asked . If you asked those same people, "how certain is a ...more

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Sun + Plastic Bottle = Toy Car

Here's a DIY dream. Solar-power, recycled bottles, snap'n'go toy car! Simple. How easy to transform trash into toys. Plastic bottles take ...more

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Speak African Click

Check out this lesson in KhoeKhoegowab, the Namibian language commonly referred to as Click . This is about as foreign as foreign language ...more

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Build a 2/5 scale Sherman tank

Let me be clear. I don't like this guy. I love him. Genius does not begin to describe this Vietnam Veteran from Perth Australia. Patient ...more

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2009's Most Amazing Scientific Images

Popsci has posted 2009's most amazing scientific images, and there's quite a few great ones in there. A few of our favorites below, click through for all 62. In short, Cow Farts. "Scientists ...

DARPA Develops Explosive Blocking Mega-Shield

DARPA has released footage of the Iron Curtain, a pretty impressive shield system that will protect armored vehicles from oncoming explosives. With $8 million in Army approved funds, DARPA will ...

Big Brother's Watching You (HowTo Un-Google Yourself)

Some think of Google as the ultimate Big Brother, and with good reason. If you use Google (and most of us do), Google potentially has your email history, your complete search history, your travel ...

LEGO Fashion Hits the Runway

Whether you're inclined to love it or leave it, you've gotta admit one thing about JC de Castelbajac's LEGO fashion line- it's fun. More 80's pop culture revival: LEGO constructed hats and LEGO ...

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