How to Build a Homemade Solar Panel Cheap – 3 Surefire Ways

I don’t about you, but If I can save some money I will do it any way that I can. That ‘s why when I started looking into how to build a homemade solar panel, cheap, to save on my electric bill, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it actually isn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. I really never even considered that doing it myself would actually be a possibility until I started really looking into it. What I want to share with you in this article are some good ways that I have found to save some money when building your first solar panel.

1. Get a Good Manual – First I want to say that you can probably get most of the information you will need to build your own cost effective solar panel for free on the internet but you are really going to need to spend a lot of time searching for answers to put it all together. Free isn’t always the best way to go, and in the long run you will most likely be costing yourself more time and money trying to find all the parts that you will need, and in putting together all the smorgasbord of information that you have gathered together. There are a few good guides that are available online for under $50 that will take you step by step through the whole process and will even tell you exactly where to buy the parts you’ll need.

2. Try E-Bay – The most obvious and crucial part that you will need in building your own solar panel is solar cells. These come in a variety of sizes and strengths. Look for 3 x 6 inch cells on e-bay and you should be able to find some really good deals. It doesn’t matter if they are broken or chipped they are still very usable and effective and you will save a lot on these. Expect to pay about $70 on cells for a typical 46 x 22 inch panel. (Which is very reasonable!) E-Bay will also have any of the other parts you may need, just take a look around and you may be pleasantly surprised.

3. Use What You Have – You may be surprised to find that some of the material that you need to build your solar panel can be found lying around in your garage or back yard. Everything from left over paint to some old lumber that you have lying around can be used effectively to build your first panel.

So Before you go out and buy everything new, take a look around. You may find that you already have a solar panel in your garage… it just needs YOU, to put it together!