How To Make Solar Panel
How To Make Solar Panel At Home
Author: Darren Chow
Solar power is a very good source of power because it is renewable, environmental friendly and free. It would be a very nice idea to have a solar power system at home. However, due to the high setup cost (00 or more), not many people would use this system.
Make your Solar Panel
If you think buying a solar power system is too expensive for you, you can make it yourself with a much lower budget. You will need a solar panel first. You will use solar cells, wood plate, soldering iron, solder, flux, and tabbing to make a panel. These items are easy to get from local stores and you would not need any special tool. Even a novice can make it without problem.
Other part of the system
After you have finished the panel, you will need to connect the panel with other parts to make a whole solar power system. These parts include battery, charge controller and inverter. Inverter is used to convert the dc produced by solar panel to ac that we use. Battery is used to store residue energy for use at night or when the sunlight not good enough to produce enough electricity. The charge controller prevents the battery from overcharging. After you complete the system you should be able to run some appliances in your home for free. If you want to use solar energy to power the whole home you will need to build a system with more solar panels. It just depends on the power usage of your home. Usually it would not cost you a lot.
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November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-1
First Solar recently announced that their costs to produce panels dropped below $1 per watt. I don’t know how much of that is accounting tricks. Of course, that doesn’t mean that they would sell panels for that price – any capitalistic company is expected to drive the price up to what the market will bear.
Crystalline silicon panel producers are coming in at about $2.50/watt right now for the best of them. But again, the selling price is what the market will bear.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-2
i believe you can. i have heard of this interesting guy who used pop can bottles to make his own solar panels…which would be the same concept (or similar) to building one using potato chip bags. Ive added the website below.
Good luck on your invention!
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-3
If you want to feel better about yourself, you can definitely do this kind of project. Keep in mind however that your payback will take a very long time. Solar panels are rather expensive. Let’s assume for a moment that you are running 50 W fan. This means that you need a solar panel with the area of about 700 Square inches. It will set you back about $300 or more. This panel will have to be exposed to full sun light. Solar panel however produces only DC current. You will need one of two things; fan with special motor or DC to AC inverter. Add another $50. 00. If you run the some fan on the grid power you will use 1KWH of energy in 20 hours. Average cost of 1KWH in USA is about 10 -12 cents. You will have to run your fan for over 3000 Hrs. in order to brake even. Keep in mind that you also need wires, some kind of mounting bracket etc. to make you project work.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-4
You can’t, they require special machinery and exotic chemicals.
Other answer is a scam.
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January 29, 2007
6:00 am #comment-5
I want to conserve energy, Is there anyone out there who knows how to make solar panel the simple way?
What are the key materials needed to create a solar panel and the simple steps to assemble it. What would be the desirable size of the panel enough to run a desk fan motor?
July 22, 2008
6:50 pm #comment-6
How to Make Solar Panel? I Need Instructions?
Where can I find instructions on how to make solar panel? I can’t seem to find very good one’s on the internet anywhere.
August 17, 2008
1:16 pm #comment-7
can you make a solar panel from potato chip bag ?
ok i was watching discovery channel when i saw this thing,
where you can make solar panel from potato chip bags.
is there any vedio that shows how to do this and setting it up ?
March 31, 2009
3:50 pm #comment-8
How much does it cost a factory to make a solar panel?
Is it really necessary to make solar panels that expensive?
August 13, 2010
10:16 pm #comment-9
How do you make a solar panel?
How to make a simple solar panel?
The easiest kind to make…