DIY Solar Panel 1

How to make solar panels.

You'll need:

Solar Cells (The 0.5 volt / 3.6 Amp type)
Soldering Iron
2 x Perspex sheets at least 3mm thick
EVA material
Araldite or silicon sealant
Heat Gun / Hair Dryer
Material for spacer 'beading'


Further SOLAR RESOURCE INFO:

http://www.squidoo.com/solar-panels-sun-diy

This part will be covering the soldering, wire connections and EVA applying to the solar panels.
The cells are wired up in a series configuration resulting in a theoretical 8 volts from 16 cells. However in extreme sunshine this can result in a 10 volt reading.

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Cost for all materials was approx £40.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• diy
• solar
• panel
• perspex
• heat
• cells
• panels
• materials
• eva

[joehast]

Didn't you want to connect these all (both rows) in "series" do get the most of your voltage.?

[WatchRyder]

@joehast

They are connected in series.

Subsequent panels get connected in parrellel etc. Depends on how much you want voltage wise out of your panels etc...

[cosmicbrotha]

pardon me... DONT use lead free solder ?? 

[WatchRyder]

@cosmicbrotha

Yes, DON'T use it.

Wear a mask for safety by all means but don't use lead-free solder.

This soldering your doing with this has to be 100% proof against fracturing or the joint failing.

Lead-free solder doesn't guarantee this.

Or to put it another way, if you use lead-free solder you'll end up risking having to rip open your sealed panel to try and fault-find why it's not working at full efficiency :)

[KeLDTsGuitarist67]

the 2 people who disliked this work for the power company

[WatchRyder]

@KeLDTsGuitarist67

LOL!

Well said that man!

[WatchRyder]

@KeLDTsGuitarist67

Beside's the basics not really.

One for the future times... :)

[KeLDTsGuitarist67]

@WatchRyder funny thing is, it's probably true shit haha. good video though man. you know anything about electro magnet motors/generators? building one of those to power a house or car would be epic.

[Ph4ntom74]

@WatchRyder thank you very much friend, ill check it out.

in fellowship

[WatchRyder]

@Ph4ntom74

I can't promise it man, but if you check out my home website's that are on my channel page I MAY, in the future, do some web pages on them.

Really I can't explain it much more than I have on the video though...

I've sent you a PM with some forum's that have additional stuff on them about Off-the-grid stuff etc.