I brought the solar panel home for the long weekend to work on. We have four days off for Memorial Day and this would be a good time to make progress. I’m soldering two strips of tabbing wire on each of the cells top, or negative, side. I’ve completed soldering 24 of the 36 cells [...]
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Solar panel part 2
My attempt to build a solar panel is moving along slowly. I have a few of my 7th grade students helping me during our lunch half hour. The box is now almost complete. I attached two 1″ x 2″ on the back to help straighten out the plywood. The plywood was a little warped and [...]
Building a Solar Panel Part 1
I have started to build a solar panel to use for a class project here, and eventually in the Philippines. I searched the web and found that it’s possible to build a lower cost 60 watt PV panel, possible less than $200.00. One of my goals in building this panel is to learn more about [...]