Homemade Solar Panel
Utilize Homemade Solar Panel for Producing Your Own Electricity
Author: sidana.abhi
Homemade solar panel can either be used for converting solar energy to heat or can be used for producing electricity and the later option is better for us. The later form of homemade solar panel also known as photovoltaic panel and these panels convert solar energy into electricity. The electricity produced by the panel is directed to a battery and we can withdraw electricity from the battery as and when electricity is required by us. We need to install these panels to our roof so that these absorb the highest amount of solar energy and which ultimately get converted to electricity.
These homemade solar panels are best for everyone and it is the best time to curtail huge electricity bills by producing our own electricity from readily available non-conventional sources of energy. You can get a readymade solar panel from market or you can make your own solar panel. You will typically require solar cells, tabbing, copper, soldering iron etc. Even if you have no professional experience, you can make your own homemade solar panel. You can take the help of readily available guides and you will get the exact information including complete list of tasks required for making the panel.
Although an initial investment of only 0 is required for assembling the homemade solar panel and once you get the panel assembled, you just need to install it at your roof or at your backyard and you will start getting electricity and you can save huge 70 percent of your electricity bills every month. If your electricity consumption is low or your area gets high amount of solar energy, you can even make excess electricity and can sell the electricity to the electricity supplying companies.
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So, think positive as you have a great potential to produce electricity from non-renewable solar energy. Take the help of DIY (do it yourself) guide available at Internet and start assembling your own homemade solar panel. Utilize it for producing your own electricity and cut down huge electricity bills.
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November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-1
Here are some solar heaters:
http://www.instructables.com/tag/?sort=none&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&limit%3Atype%3Acomment=on&limit%3Atype%3Auser=on&limit%3Atype%3Agroup=on&limit%3Atype%3AforumTopic=on&limit%3Atype%3AforumComment=on&limit%3Atype%3Aquestion=on&q=solar+heater
For solar electric, these may help, but you need to start by buying solar cells.
http://www.instructables.com/tag/?q=solar+panel&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&type%3Aid=on&type%3Auser=on&type%3Acomment=on&type%3Agroup=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&sort=none
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-2
Sorry you cannot, its simply too hard, you’d need a manufacturing company at your disposal. If your looking to use solar power, what you can do is set up a mirror cone to concentrate the sun’s rays unto a pot of water. Then run the steam through a generator to produce electricity. You’ll probably be able to power a hobby light.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-3
Hmm, I answered a very similar question to this one a little bit ago “How can i build a solar panel?”. It was asked a few hours after your question, though.
Anyway, I will take my response from that question and tailor it to your needs (the other question concerned a small solar car to be entered in a science fair).
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So, if you want to build your own solar panel that looks like what you see on buildings, etc, you will probably need to be a multi-millionaire. Here is a quote from the first link in my sources list:
“The high-efficiency solar cells you can buy at Radio Shack and other stores are made from highly processed silicon, and require huge factories, high temperatures, vacuum equipment, and lots of money.”
But fortunately for you, there is a cheap way to make a solar panel yourself (see link). I love the scitoys website, but I am not quite familiar with this particular experiment. After glancing over it a bit, I would say not to expect any appreciable power out of this panel (so as the site says, no lighting up any bulbs).
But, you should be able to measure the voltage output easily with a voltmeter and be able to detect different voltages at different levels of sunlight. Also, you can probably improve on the design.
Good luck…
-Ubi
Oh, and the answer before me by eyedontevatrick. If you want to save a question to look at later you can use the Add to Watchlist feature or the Star feature. Check it out.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-4
A solar panel with 12V electric output costs between $100-250 in the market. You can easily build your own homemade solar panel for $100 with parts you can get from the local hardware store. (The same applies to homemade wind power as well)
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-5
You need enough solar cells connected in series and parallel to provide enough power (in strong sunlight) to charge the batteries.
Each small solar cell will put out a little over 0.7 volts in strong sunlight. It doesn’t matter how big (area) the single cell is — it will still only produce 0.7 volts. BUT… the larger the area, the more current you will get.
So, lets say your battery pack is 3.6 volts (pretty standard for Lithium ion packs). That means you will need at least; 3.6 divided by 0.7 = 5.1 cells in series. 5 cells will not produce quite enough voltage, so you need at least 6 cells in series to produce voltage to even start to charge the batteries (it is good to have a slightly higher charging voltage anyway). If your battery is only 1.2 volts, then you need 2 cells in series (for 1.4 volts total). If your battery pack is some other voltage, then you need to add up 0.7 volt cells until it is over the voltage of the battery pack.
Now, it becomes a matter of how much current do you want, to charge the batteries. The higher the current, the faster the charge time.
You could get one huge solar Panel that is 5 feet by 2 feet, produces 200 Watts, and you could charge your little 3.6V battery pack about 1 minute. I don’t think you were thinking of that. LOL
You need to figure out how many individual cells you want to use in groups of 6 (in series), and connect those groups of 6 in series all in parallel to increase the charging current.
Then it is just a matter of connecting the positive output of the solar cells to the positive terminal of the battery, and negative to negative. Then let the sun do the rest of the work.
Since your voltage *is* slightly higher than the battery pack you must carefully watch the temperature of the batteries. When they get very warm, it’s time to pull the plug on the charger.
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February 14, 2008
11:54 am #comment-6
How to make a homemade solar panel?
We have 50$ for a science project, and we deciedid to make a functional solar pannel. How to do this?
August 8, 2008
6:59 am #comment-7
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I’m keen on building a home solar panel as that’s the way for present and future energy needs.
September 23, 2008
5:02 pm #comment-8
Daes anyone know how to charge a device like an iPod or rechargeable batteries with a homemade solar panel?
if so, Please help!
May 31, 2009
4:42 pm #comment-9
How do you build a homemade solar panel?
I am trying to build a solar panel for a school project and I am trying to find websites with tutorials. Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.
December 9, 2009
10:31 pm #comment-10
HoW do you make a homemade solar panel?
So I’m in seventh grade and for the science fair want to make a homemade simple solar panel that could probaly power a light bulb or something. Can any one help me on how to make One and what matirials I need
August 19, 2010
3:06 am #comment-11
what electric knowledge do I need before I start my renewable energy system?