HOMEMADE SOLAR PANEL

[dangervision]

How is the panel working for you?

[805ROADKING]

@dangervision It still works great!!☺

[pof1991]

can not understand how the finished cells were soldered is there a sequence?

positive on top to the next cell underneath

sorry if im being stupid enjoyed the video and your panel looked very smart thanks martin

[805ROADKING]

@pof1991 Thanks Martin!! Your exactly right, top of one cell to the bottom of the next one. You are just connecting them in series similar to hooking up batteries each additional cell is another .5 volt!!☺

[spikey911usa]

Where did you get the backing, and how is the panel holding up? I understand silicone has acids that slowly corrode metal, so I am curious how it is doing.

[805ROADKING]

@spikey911usa The backing is called FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) you can get it at home depot or lowes. 4x8 sheet for $25. That panel is only 9 months old and doesn't have any corrosion yet!!☺

[crocrk5]

So where can you buy the little blue cells??

[805ROADKING]

@crocrk5 Ebay!! There are a couple different good companys they all have the same thing at about the same price. I use EVERBRIGHTSOLAR2003, But MLSOLAR is also good!!

[kookiemoose]

Pretty steady hand there, maybe you should've been a surgeon.

What got you to get into making a solar panel? Pretty cool stuff. I've been thinking about messing around with this sort of stuff for a while. . A friend of mine does it for a living, and I've been meaning to pick his brain about it.

[805ROADKING]

@kookiemoose My B.I.L. was given 3 panels and I seen how easy it was to hook up without batteries. He told me they weren't that hard or expensive to make. So he gave me one and I tried making that one. I'm gonna try making a bigger one now!!☺

[IHcubcadet]

Cool stuff. What are you going to use it for?

[805ROADKING]

@IHcubcadet Thanks Buddy!! Just gonna pump the juice back into the house to cut the bill a little!!☺

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

Freaking awsome!! Im going to build one soon!

[805ROADKING]

@BrainEatingZomb1e Cool!! My next one is gonna be a little bigger!!☺

[nx2overide]

@805ROADKING yep it seems you have the science of it down now. Ill have to give it a try before making the jump to doing it big!

[pimpinpenz]

Nice, Really good video! Keep up the great work

[805ROADKING]

@pimpinpenz Thanks Lil Buddy!!☺

[pimpinpenz]

@805ROADKING No Problem

[monkeysatch]

now that was cool

[805ROADKING]

@monkeysatch Thanks Buddy!!☺

[StrikerTripleThree]

That is very nice project my friend.

[805ROADKING]

@StrikerTripleThree Thanks Striker!! it was a fun little project, next one will be a little bigger!!☺

[creamofcardstv]

Could you feasibly buy a field and cover every square inch with solar panels and then sell the stored elec back to power companies? Whilst you're sunbathing you could become a millionaire by selling the stored elec to the power companies :)

[805ROADKING]

@creamofcardstv Absolutely!! There are people doing it, they call them Solar Farms!!☺

[creamofcardstv]

Free electricity from now on then :) We don't get much sun in the UK, although it's not too bad at the moment.

[805ROADKING]

@creamofcardstv We're lucky here in the States, we get plenty of Sun!!☺

[daddytech]

You need to check out Mixcat on here he has been doing these for over a year now , in fact he has quite a few things in his house including his hot water heater on solar energy. don't know if you did or not but you should have taken the panel outside and tested it all efore you got it all slammed together. actually there you go for your battery charger.. you could wire that inside to a battery bank and charge the batteries for all your motorcycles and yard equipment with those things.

[805ROADKING]

@daddytech I've seen a few of his videos!! I just put the juice back into the grid, I'd rather not mess with all the batteries!!☺

[daddytech]

@805ROADKING sweet!!! well i thought it was pretty cool when he recharged the batteries with different fluid myself and they worked well for him glad you are familliar with his videos though he's the only one i saw on here that actually did videos on that sort of thing at the time. i was quite frankly impressed to see it all in action personally. free energy who wouldn't be impressed if they are really into that sort of thing?

[MagicCadillac]

That's cool to make home made solar cells, that's awesome. Great vid

[805ROADKING]

@MagicCadillac Thanks alot Kay!!☺

[RamblinAround]

Great vid guys, I found that real interesting. I learned a couple things too.

[805ROADKING]

@RamblinAround Thanks Bud!! I think we're gonna try to make a bigger one now!!☺

[carnivore10]

This is very cool, i have never seen this done before. I'm just trying to understand how the wire is routed.in the panel... is it 2 series banks of 14 cells, then the (-)neg sides and (+) pos sides each connected in parallel?..I have an older fluke just like that.great video!

[805ROADKING]

@carnivore10 Thanks Tom!! Yeah you got the right idea, they are connected by a little thicker and stiffer tab they call buss wire!!☺

[HaligonianType1]

Hey EJ... Noticed I hadn't dropped by here for a spell, so here I am. Wooooo! Thank you for dropping by... I could use some solar panels.

[805ROADKING]

@HaligonianType1 Thanks for stopping by Jay!! I watch most of your stuff, just don't comment on alotta the ipod type stuff!!☺

[500passwords]

it really looks like you

know WATT your doing :)

what you using it for ??

[805ROADKING]

@500passwords Thanks Buddy!!☺nothing in particular, just pumping it back into the grid to bring the bill down a little bit!!☺

[awomansworld123]

Nice video, you did a phenomenal job. It looks nice and maxing out at 16volts is crazy cool. Good job man, I like it.

[805ROADKING]

@awomansworld123 Thanks Alot!! Maybe we'll make some bigger ones if we can find the glass!!☺

[greggfla]

Very cool! Nice job!

[805ROADKING]

@greggfla Thanks alot Buddy!!☺

[jasongiddensviper478]

SWEET! You guys should do more vids like this. What are you going to use this one for?

[805ROADKING]

@jasongiddensviper478 Thanks Jay!!  We just pump the juice back into the house to cut the bills down.

[GatheringSticks]

you did a real good job...looks real professional.

[805ROADKING]

@GatheringSticks Thanks alot Bud!!☺

[draywanda]

Thats a neat project guys! I got a fluke multi meter like yours, works great.

[805ROADKING]

@draywanda Thanks Buddy!! I have about 10 meters but that old fluke is my favorite, I like it more than the old simpson 260!!☺

[edzgarage]

Dr RoadKing! LOL I need glasses... Me too. It really sucks! You solder like an artist. A basic series parallel circuit configuration. Is this a kit? 49 watts is pretty good.

[805ROADKING]

@edzgarage No it's not a kit, we collected everthing locally. We got the cells off Ebay. The hard part is trying to find cheap tempered glass. I think the next ones we make will be from an old sliding glass door. That will be about 200 watts!!☺

[GerryK61]

Very slick!

[805ROADKING]

@GerryK61 Thanks Ger!!☺

[BrittanyNicole1990]

nicely done 

[805ROADKING]

@BrittanyNicole1990 Thanks Pal ☺

[susanloveshuskies]

That's way cool!!!

[805ROADKING]

@susanloveshuskies Thanks Susan!!☺

[mbyr31]

Very nice man! 

[racer4560]

@mbyr31 only a couple 100 more to build now lol

[805ROADKING]

@mbyr31 Thanks Buddy!!☺

[231flash]

I need one for my motorhome.

[805ROADKING]

@231flash They would be great for a motorhome!!☺

[craig1974]

cool. if sniffing burned solder causes you to go stupid i must of been that way for years

[805ROADKING]

@craig1974 Lol!! That's what ya gotta tell the Kids so they don't do it!!☺

[paradoxdesigns]

good work man. are you running anything off solar right now or just starting out?

[805ROADKING]

@paradoxdesigns I have one 126 watt panel that someone gave me that I'm just running back into the house thru an inverter, but that's the first one I made!!☺

[hoydog33]

is racer your son? you guys do odd jobs and shit for a living?

keep up the awesome vids!!!

[805ROADKING]

@hoydog33 Thanks Hoy!! Lil Racer is my Nephew!! We just fart around to stay busy!!☺

[hoydog33]

@805ROADKING haha nice. you retired or self imployed?

and that scrapping video was awesome! mega pay day!!!

[805ROADKING]

@hoydog33 I'm a YouTube Partner, I work for Google. Lol!!☺

[tedhaze1]

looks like you did that before .

[805ROADKING]

@tedhaze1 That's the first panel we made, the next one will be bigger and better!!☺