http://www.artipot.com/authors/14012/andrew-oke/ Latest articles by Andrew Oke from Artipot - your one-stop resource for free articles. http://www.artipot.com/articles/228432/an-ouline-on-how-to-build-your-own-electric-car.htm Regardless of what anybody tells you it is possible to build your own electric car. I'm going to outline the basic steps that are needed so that you have a basic understanding on how to build your own electric car. Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:31:45 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/228432/an-ouline-on-how-to-build-your-own-electric-car.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/228416/gas-to-electric-car-conversion.htm I find it quite funny that the price of oil is almost near the price it was over 4 years ago. If I remember correctly we were paying quite a bit less for gasoline as well. Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:58:58 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/228416/gas-to-electric-car-conversion.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226854/why-you-should-consider-living-off-the-grid.htm With the current rise in energy prices and people looking to save money living off the grid has become a popular alternative. The current recession does offer us some relief, but this is only temporary and at most can only last a year or two. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:02:11 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226854/why-you-should-consider-living-off-the-grid.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226844/you-can-do-an-electric-truck-conversion.htm So you're looking to convert your truck to electric. The good news is that it's quite a bit easier for you. Doing an electric car conversion means you're limited by how many batteries you can fit inside the hood or in the trunk. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:31:10 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226844/you-can-do-an-electric-truck-conversion.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226830/its-easy-to-start-living-off-the-grid.htm That's right, it's easier than you think to start living off the grid. For example, it used to cost well over $50,000 to put solar panels on your house, but now that cost is down to around $10,000. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:02:44 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226830/its-easy-to-start-living-off-the-grid.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226806/convert-my-gas-car-to-electric.htm With gas prices still skyrocketing through the roof, and projections for gas prices to only go further up many people are looking to convert their gas car to electric. I know that gas prices have fallen recently due to the recession, but this is really only a temporary state for gas prices... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:54:13 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226806/convert-my-gas-car-to-electric.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226755/doing-your-own-electric-vehicle-conversions.htm Many people are now looking to do their own electric vehicle conversions because they have now learned that they're not as hard as they thought and they're quite a bit cheaper than buying an electric car. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:57:07 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226755/doing-your-own-electric-vehicle-conversions.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226745/living-off-the-grid-tips-and-tricks-for-success.htm After 16 years of living off the grid I now have a wealth of information to share with you. After a lot of writing about different topics I realized I don't have a tips and tricks for living off the grid. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:41:26 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226745/living-off-the-grid-tips-and-tricks-for-success.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226566/batteries-for-electric-car-conversion.htm The heart of any electric car conversion is the batteries. Without the batteries your car or truck isn't going to go anywhere. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:21:40 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226566/batteries-for-electric-car-conversion.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226207/living-off-the-grid-my-story.htm Now that living off the grid is such a hot topic with todays energy prices more and more people are asking me questions about how they too can live off the grid. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:43:01 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226207/living-off-the-grid-my-story.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/226115/living-off-the-grid-2-years-to-energy-independance.htm 16 long years ago my family decided to completely change their lifestyle. I didn't understand exactly why my parents wanted to live differently then everyone else, but now that I'm older I understand better. They were forward thinkers. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:50:17 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/226115/living-off-the-grid-2-years-to-energy-independance.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/225972/how-to-convert-a-car-to-electric.htm With gas prices as high as they are many people are looking into the idea of converting their car to electric. The reason for this is an electric car will only cost about $30 per month in electricity to drive while your car will cost well over $100 a month to drive. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:31:23 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/225972/how-to-convert-a-car-to-electric.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/225942/you-can-convert-car-to-electric.htm A little while ago I was interested in how to convert a car to electric. I decided to get online and see what I could figure out. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:22:51 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/225942/you-can-convert-car-to-electric.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/225905/living-off-the-grid-you-can-do-it-yourself.htm One thing that I tell people over and over is that they can make their own conversion to renewable energy. It's not really as hard as you think, and it doesn't cost nearly as much as you hear on the news. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:09:38 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/225905/living-off-the-grid-you-can-do-it-yourself.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/225874/living-off-the-grid-you-can-do-it-cost-effectively.htm I can't go one day without hearing something on the news about green energy. I'm sure that many of you hear the news about how we all need to 'go green' or the planet will die. The problem with the news is that they tell you it's going to cost you $25,000 to make the conversion. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:51:04 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/225874/living-off-the-grid-you-can-do-it-cost-effectively.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/224199/living-off-the-grid-building-your-home.htm When we moved off the grid 16 long years ago one of the things we wanted to do was build our own off grid home. My father had always wanted to build his own house because it would be built the way he wanted... not something that he had to settle for. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:45:15 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/224199/living-off-the-grid-building-your-home.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/222204/how-to-build-electric-cars.htm So you want to learn how to build electric cars. Well, you've come to the right place. I have successfully built my own electric car and have taught four of my friends how to build electric cars. I was just like you... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:41:52 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/222204/how-to-build-electric-cars.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/222007/how-to-build-a-electric-car.htm So you've decided to take the plunge and learn how to build a electric car. The good news is that it's not as hard as you think. I've personally done my own electric car conversion and have helped four of my friends build a electric car. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:16:33 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/222007/how-to-build-a-electric-car.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/222005/how-to-build-an-electric-car.htm One of the things that I have been wanting to do for quite awhile now was learn how to build an electric car. I went online and found several different sets of plans. I realized after I bought them that I had made a huge mistake... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:06:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/222005/how-to-build-an-electric-car.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/220500/electric-cars-how-to-build-them.htm While many people I talk to tell me that there is no way the they could build electric cars themselves, I tell them they are dead wrong. After helping 4 of my friends (one who has NO mechanical skills at all) I'm pretty confident when I say anyone can build their own electric cars. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:32:04 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/220500/electric-cars-how-to-build-them.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/220132/make-your-own-electric-car.htm It's really not as hard as you think to make your own electric car. We used to think just like you... that it was beyond our skill level to make your own electric car, but after actually converting our car to electric we found that it's really a lot easier than we initially thought. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:37 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/220132/make-your-own-electric-car.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/220110/how-to-make-electric-cars.htm When we first wanted to learn how to make electric cars it was almost impossible to find a good set of plans. We searched and searched for how to make electric cars, but it was almost impossible to find plans. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:55:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/220110/how-to-make-electric-cars.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/216598/low-cost-wind-turbine-plans.htm Wow! Is it ever hard to find low cost wind turbine plans. A couple years ago when we went online looking for wind turbine plans we found plenty of sources of them. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:59:46 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/216598/low-cost-wind-turbine-plans.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/216578/guide-to-living-off-the-grid.htm Now that renewable energy is so popular many people ask me if I have a guide to living off the grid. Many people have the preconception the living off the grid is harder than it actually is. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:22:17 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/216578/guide-to-living-off-the-grid.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/215617/you-can-build-a-wind-generator-yourself.htm That's right I said it. It's not as difficult as you think to build a wind generator. 16 years ago when we decided to make to change to off grid living it was one of the things that was on the top of our to do list. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/215617/you-can-build-a-wind-generator-yourself.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/215547/building-wind-generators-is-easier-than-you-think.htm If I had to pick any of the renewable energy methods when starting out again I would start out with building a wind generator. If you were to compare the cost of building solar panels to the cost of building a wind generator you would see that the wind generator options costs about 20% of the solar panel option. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:54:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/215547/building-wind-generators-is-easier-than-you-think.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/214915/living-off-the-grid-is-easier-than-you-think.htm It's true... in the last 10 years living off the grid has become a real and viable alternative to divorcing the electric company. We decided to make the change to living off the grid well over 16 years ago and haven't looked back since. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:17:38 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/214915/living-off-the-grid-is-easier-than-you-think.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/209989/guide-to-building-homemade-wind-generators.htm Most people assume that homemade wind generators are very difficult to build. A couple years ago I would have agreed with you. I mean they look very hard to build with those fancy blades spinning atop of their tower. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:49:22 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/209989/guide-to-building-homemade-wind-generators.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/209986/how-to-build-a-homemade-wind-generator.htm I remember when we decided to build a homemade wind generator. It was after we had went looking around at the commercially available wind generators and found that they were way to expensive to buy on our tiny budget. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:45:20 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/209986/how-to-build-a-homemade-wind-generator.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/208544/build-a-wind-generator.htm It seems like yesterday when we decided to take the plunge into off grid living. In fact it's been well over 16 years now. We're a little different from most people who live on renewable energy though in the fact that we did our entire conversion for a very low cost. To start out with we decided that we should probably have a wind generator because it was pretty windy where... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/208544/build-a-wind-generator.htm