How I built an electricity producing Solar Panel
August 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under General, Solar Energy, Solar Panels
Building your own solar panel is very cost effective. You only need to have a basic DIY knowledge as a large number of the instruction manuals available online right now are written with the complete novice in mind. There are two very important questions that you are going to want answered before you build your own solar panel and they are:
Making your own solar and wind power for less than $200
How much are the building panels going to cost?
How easy are they to build?
The cost of instruction manuals vary, ranging from $40 to $100. The top end manuals generally include a variety of other manuals, but if you are only interested in building solar panels and perhaps wind turbines, then you can expect to pay no more than $50.
These manuals should include a list of all the components you are going to need to complete the task as well as schematics on how to put the systems together. In addition to this, you will also want to ensure that your manual include installation instructions and how to link your system to the grid so that you can take advantage of building credits when your family are at work and your home is generating more power then it is using.
Making your own solar and wind power for less than $200
Building the panels may take you a weekend to complete. There is time required to allow the paint to dry and so you will need to set aside time over at least a two day period.
Finally, the cost of building your solar panel should not exceed $200. All the components are available at your local hardware store, and you can cut costs even further by purchasing solar cells online at various auction sites. As your expertise grows, you may even want to invest in ‘broken cells’ to build your panels as they work just as well and cost a fraction of the price of complete cells.