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Here are three of many sites you can find if you just do a web search.
After you do a bit of research, you will find that the cost for a solar system will take about 9 or 10 years for you to save enough money to pay for the system. By then it will probably need to be replaced. Not a very economic deal.
Hi!
I actually asked the same question a while ago.
Someone showed me http://www.buildsolarpowerkits.com and there is some good info there about building your own solar power system. I actually built a solar power system just recently and it is so nice to be a bit more self sustaining.
My props go to the website.
good luck!
I came across this site on how to build a chicken coop, it’s interesting as they show you plans and blueprints for tackling this as a DIY project.
Lots of people are starting to raise their own chickens and the biggest problem to getting started can be the expense of the chicken house. So why not build your own?
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I need to know where I can buy the parts or find them as scrap to make my own solar panels. Is there a cheap way of buying the panels or can I make them myself.
Unless you have a silicon fab in your basement to make silicon wafers, you aren’t making your own solar panels and there is nothing about this idea at all that will be "cheap".
Your entire idea may be nobel on one level, but it also points out just how uninformed on the subject you are. As an example of what I mean, buying the solar panels is not actually a problem, but it is apparently the only part of the problem you can get your head around, so this is where you are starting with your questions.
Let me throw out a few things for you to consider. First, solar panels tend to be fairly expensive. The absolute cheapest I have ever heard quoted are in the several dollar per watt range and when bought in small quantities, it will likely be up to around $10 per watt.
I have no idea what you want to power, but lets just say you want to run a TV using solar. A TV can easily use 200 watts or more of power, so in the small quantities you are talking about, they could cost $1000 to $2000! If you actually have visions of powering more than this, just add more $$$.
Now, do you realize the solar panel puts out unregulated DC and to run most things, you will need regulated AC so now you need a certain type of inverter. Add some more $$$.
I’ll further guess that you want to actually connect this to the power in your home in some fashion. No utility company in the country will allow you to connect your contraption to their power unless it meets their standards and the work is done by a licensed electrician. More $$$.
The fact is, the only way any of this is economical viable for anyone is because of the incentives that the various levels of government and utilities are currently offering. However, attempting to do it on the "cheap" as you are will also doom you to not being able to qualify for any of the incetivives which are out there.
Here is an installer in AZ who does this work and does it correctly such that you would qualify for the various incentives. Pay special attention to the costs.
I have seen a lot of DIY information on making your own solar panels. I have even purchased a couple of them. However, they have not been very helpful in the fact that they either call for buying tons of broken peices and putting them together, or buying each cell and building the frame, and wiring it together. I have a 14′X60′ Mobile home with the flat roof on it. It is in full sunlight 3/4 of every day. I am looking for an inexpensive way to build my own solar panel using the entire roof. I am not looking for the most efficient, because I have plenty of size to work with. I do not have a lot of electrical needs. I am on some medical machines though, if it werent for them I would probably just let the electric go and buy a propane fridge and stove and call it good. I do not want to spend a bunch of money on books either so please no advertisements on where to buy books on this subject. I have very little resources in the way of money or else I would just pay the electric bill, my electric company is 1/4 renewable energy anyway. So if anyone knows of a way to build this, or knows where I can get a book or website for free. please let me know. Thank you,
I have most of what I need. I have the inverter, the regulator and the wiring, what I do not have is the know how on how they built the first ones. I have seen some info. on the web. But not enough to even get me started. I am looking for how they made them back in the 50’s and 60’s when it took massive amounts of space. Because space I have, money I do not. Back then the parts would have costed a lot, but I am betting the parts are pretty cheap by todays standards since they would not be used for solar panels. They came up with the crystals sometime in the 60’s if my memory serves me. I am looking for instructions for the ones before that. I know I can not get more than an 8% yeild, but since I have the room to use, why not use it, if I can get the parts cheap enough to make it doable?
Other than the suggestion of buying surplus/used units that people are removing to get better efficiency - and I would think cities/towns might be more reliable in this area unless you make contact with a reliable club or group in your area (shipping being a factor)
The simple fact is that you are talking a huge area and the cost of solar cells has not come down that much and the labor in assembling the bits and pieces is still fairly high. The high early cost was the very costly equipment and its problems in making pure silicon disks - and there is no way you can do that part economically.