Homemade Solar Cell
How To Make A Homemade Solar Cell
Actually when you come down to the
process of making a homemade solar cell, it's not too
difficult. The biggest cost that you will pay is for those
cells to place into your overall project. If you want to build
a 60 watt solar panel though, it's only going to cost you a bit
of money.
Your panel is going to need to be placed
into a box after it's completed so you will need some wood and
silicone caulk, copper braided wire, and screws. Besides that
you will need a few more things. To get your solar cells you
will need to find them on the internet or locally. Sometimes
these will be dipped into some wax to make the shipping be
safer. However, this will make the process of getting those
ready to place into your panel more difficult.
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36 total cells will be needed to make
this solar panel work, and put out 60 watts. But ordering more
than that would be recommended just in case a few break in the
process. The box you're going to make to place the completed
panel is will be very shallow, no more than three quarters of
an inch deep. Place your holes in the side, not only to vent
air through the panels, but also to run wires later
on.
After you've built your box, and before
you place those completely put together solar panels inside,
you will need to paint the entire box. Don't be very picky
about the color you paint the box in though. When it comes to
getting that wax off the panels it will be quite a
process.
First get a pot that is filled with hot
water, almost boiling, but not quite there. Place the solar
cell into that pot, and let the wax be melted off. Then you
will move the cell into another hot pot of water, but this one
needs to have soap in it. Let the water clean up the cell
nicely, and take it out. Make sure you are only doing one cell
at a time for this process.
Now those cells need to be soldered
together in a pattern, you can pick many kinds of patterns by
going on the internet. Start by only placing two together, and
then adding in another cell until you have six of them
interconnected. At that point you will need to place them onto
a pegboard that will be placed into the box. Use your silicone
caulk and place them onto the board, flip the board carefully,
and place it into the box.
You will have a total of 18 cells per
box and two total boxes that will be completed. When 18 cells
are in the box you will need to interconnect them with the
bottom six in each box. That can be done with copper braided
wire or other wire; the wire itself should be held down by
placed caulk onto them.
The side by side panels can be connected
by running your wire through the holes you've placed in the
box. Don't forget that testing of these cells is required
before you place that Plexiglas cover on front. And your
blocking dioxide needs to be placed on the front also, or your
battery may lose a charge when it is cloudy or night.
Congratulations in making your first homemade solar
cell!
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