Homemade 63 Watt Solar Panel

Step 5 Add Plexiglass and Your Done

Silicone your wires to the plywood. Now just silicone your plexiglass on and predrill more holes and screw it on with screws and washers. Seal up the wire holes from the outside and your done. The total cost is about 200 dollars and is much cheaper than buying a solar panel. Now get started making free energy from the sun! 

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Comments

[budiyanto]

hello sir.sorry i cant speak inggris. but i have very much guestion.for you sir.I from Indonesia.my guestion like this :
1. do you can make silicon solar for step by step
2. what from
Iam Sorry sir

[airsofter1]

 If you mean making the solar cells, you can't. You can buy them from ebay. If you mean making silicon the glue/sealant, you can't. You can buy it from any hardware store or even Wal-mart.

[JustinKubicek]

Walmart has to get it from somewhere. This guy made a homemade solar cell with copper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Edw99PgzQ

[imajem]

Does anyone know how to feed the energy back into the grid? That would be helpful?

[henry32008]

Grid tie inverter.

[airsofter1]

http://www.solarpowertoptips.com/grid-tied-solar-system.aspx 

This should tell you what you need to know.

[hardwarehank]

You can reduce the cost by buying surplus windows at a community recycling center (waste transfer station, BRING, Community Forklift - if they have surplus toilets, you're in the right place...). Also, sealing the cells with Through The Roof seems to work pretty well to keep moisture away from them - it's cheap and it dries clear. I'll do an instructable on my method once it's all proven out in the summer heat. Nice instructions though!

[airsofter1]

If the sealant works than I'm all for it. Maybe I'll build another panel and use "Through The Roof" so it will last a long while.

[tjmalek]

Where are you feeding your electricity to? I've thought of using Li-ion batteries to store the energy then using that to charge other things, but LI batteries aren't cheap. Rechargeable NI-Hydride batteries seems bulky and impractical. And, after buying a meter, array DC disconnect, inverter and an AC breaker panel, feeding the energy back into your grid can cost quite a bit also.

[airsofter1]

 If you use it for camping then a couple of deep cycle batteries wired in parallel hooked to a 12 volt inverter is just fine. If this is for whole house AGM or gel batteries are good because they can take abuse. They are sealed sealed so they don't need watering. As of right now the panel isn't hooked up to anything as it will be used for camping.

[donald7777]

how are your solar panels still working?

[airsofter1]

 They still work fine.