How To Build Solar Panels

I find some diy solar panels kit to promote, just wonder if this worth my time…

I do not know whether these schemes make money for the promoters. They probably make money for whoever is at the top of the chain and selling the promotion materials.

If this is what I’m thinking of (Earth4Energy is an example), the information being sold implies fantastic benefits but doesn’t deliver. It’s just vague information culled from free sources that someone could google on their own. If it really worked, you would see at least a few people in the neighborhood doing it.

There are a number of people actively working to discredit such schemes on places like Y!A, and they are doing a pretty good job.

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I’ve been looking at this DIY project of making solar panels</a> and wondered if anyone has purchased any of the solar panel kits that you can buy online to build your own panels. Anyone tried this and if so, was it worth the effort. would love to hear your comments. Here is the guide that I was looking at: http://www.solarpanelsmake.com Let me know!

Yes,I bought one but i could’t remember the name of company.But I will tell you all the informations about how I made it in home.

Things you’ll need:

1.One electric stove or hotplate (at least 1100 watts)
2.Sheet metal shears
3.One micro-ammeter (able to read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes)
4.Tap water
5.One 2 liter plastic bottle or glass
6.Safety goggles
7.Two to three tbsps. of table salt
1/2 -foot square sheet of copper flashing
8.Electric drill with sand paper
9.Two alligator clip leads
10.Harness the Power of the Sun

Instructions:

1 .Use sheet metal shears to cut the copper flashing in a square or rectangle to fit the size of the electric burner. Be sure to use a piece of copper flashing that is thoroughly cleaned. You may use sandpaper to thoroughly remove any sign of corrosion before proceeding.

2 .Place the copper flashing on the electric burner and turn the burner on. You will need to "cook" the flashing for as long as 30 minutes or more to develop a thick layer of black cupric oxide.

3 .Allow the copper to cool slowly once the layer of cupric oxide has formed. It will begin to flake off and may do so with some force as the oxide and the copper cool at different rates.

4 .Scrub the completely cooled copper under running water to remove any last remaining bits of oxide. Be gentle, as you do not want to remove any of the red cuprous oxide that has been created in heating the flashing.

5 .Cut another piece of copper to the same size. Attach both panels using the alligator clips to the inside of the wide-mouth glass jar or plastic bottle with the top cut off. The panels should not touch and should bend to match the curves of the jar or bottle.

6 .Connect the lead of the alligator clip which fastens the clean copper plate to the positive terminal of the meter. The negative terminal should then be connected to the cuprous oxide plate.

7 .Make a solution of salt and water by dissolving the salt in hot tap water. You should make enough solution to barely cover the bottom of the plates, leaving the clips high and dry.

8 .Place your solar panel in the sun to see the gauge jump to reflect the current your project has created

Hi,

I’ve been reading about solar panels and different approaches - buy ready made, make your own etc and there’s one question I’m not able to answer or find an answer to - why are the ready made ones so expensive (smallest from £800)?

For example:

you can get 36 solar panel pv cells for around £40 on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/36-3×6-solar-cell-kit-DIY-solar-panel-/280645585174?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item4157c7c916
That’s about as many as you get on a standard ready made panel: http://www.solargadgetstore.co.uk/solar-power-station-60-w.html

next thing you need is a battery to store the power. If I’m looking at the right thing, then the prices start around £50 for a 12V battery:
http://batterymegastore.co.uk/products/group/?c=Battery&a=Renewable+Power

then there’s some wires, a skeleton / rack to hold the panel and some circuitry.

My guess is that most of these things are made in Asia for a fragment of the cost they are sold for, so how does the final price amount to £800 and more? Fat margin? Freight costs?

if anyone can answer this, that would be of great help.

thanks.
this is the £800 ready made set I’m referring to:

http://www.solargadgetstore.co.uk/solar-power-station-60-w.html

It’s DIY, so no labour in the price, it’s pretty much only the parts I described.

You can go to a hardware store for the wire and parts for the frame.

You can use a automotive or marine (Deep Cycle) battery.

You will need a 12v power inverter to power your ac devices.

The real expensive part is the solar panels themselves. Unfortunately is is costly due to the manufacturing process. The end result is when you add up everything, you are paying twice to three times the cost of purchasing the electric from the electric company.

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