August
2009
How To Build A Solar Panel - Part 2
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Watch The First Part of This Project First At:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4BKuH8mqw4
Visit Solar Tech Town for the full video:
http://www.solartechtown.com
I, Robert Smith, show you every step I take to building a custom made solar panel from scratch. I explain in detail about each item I use and why to use it, so the video is fairly long.
I will be hosting the majority of the video on my own server so you can view it all in one take. It will take time to edit the video, but the more of you that subscribe to the video, the faster I’ll try to get it out to you guys as it just shows that people are interested and appreciate what I’m doing, as I’m providing this video for free unlike some videos you see on YouTube.
The method I described in this video is just one way to go about it, however, there are many ways you can build a custom solar panel. Some use aluminum or plastic frames, but I found for a beginner, working with wood would probably be easier and cheaper.
Overall, building a solar panel can be fun, but there are many factors that play into building a solar panel, and I as well still have an extreme amount to still learn about it.
So I hope that for those wanting to learn more about solar energy and wanting to take the adventure of building their own solar panel will find this video very useful.
To watch to full video just video, just visit: http://www.solartechtown.com
Again the video is fairly large, so to prevent from having to put 6 or 7 parts on youtube in 10 minute sections, I’m just going to host in on my server.
If you all have ANY questions, feel free to leave a comment under the video.
Thanks guys!
Duration : 0:10:1
reason why you dont …
reason why you dont mount directly to the board is condensation. Sure, a proper housing will stop it, but when you are spending all sorts of money and time, might as well make sure it cant jump across and cause ‘issues’
It just serves as a …
It just serves as a better surface to place the solar cells on top of, and it also became very useful when using the tile spacers as you’ll see throughout the video.
However, you do not have to use pegboard, it’s optional.
Why not put the …
Why not put the cells on the plywood, eleminating the use of a pegboard?
this is reason my …
this is reason my computer has completly replaced my tv
How long the …
How long the battery will last depends on what device/s you hook up to it. Some devices use more watts than others, such as a laptop compared to a cell phone. So it varies, but for small devices like a cell phone, I could possible run that 24/7 because of the low wattage it consumes, but a laptop would only get about a day or a little bit under a day or two possibly until the battery is fully drained.
dear robert thanks …
dear robert thanks first, but how much equipment and how long will the set up you built power will last
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the comment. The size of both is a 2×4.
The great DIY video …
The great DIY video. what I want to know is the size of the ply board and peg board is used?
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MR Robert,
Geat …
MR Robert,
Geat job!
I’m learning now. where can we buy a aluminum frame completed so all
we have to do is place the cells and done
I will use 36 cells ( 3×6) 60 watts
can you tell me how to do a 175 w -200w
type cells i can buy
This is a service …
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100 monocrystalline …
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$1.32/watt!
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what is the ebay …
what is the ebay item # to order the solar panels
and that is the …
and that is the tricky part. putting together the solar cells is easy, I did a mini panel first to see what I need to have and I came with the same conclution. Circuit first!
Thanks
Thanks
cool nice videos …
cool nice videos dude