Solar Power

Solar power is one way to go green, because...solar panels collect energy from the sun and convert it into free electricity without causing any pollution that can cause harm to our mother planet, Earth. With solar panels, we can make many green DIY projects including, vehicles that allow us travel and batteries that power our houses, all powered by the mighty sun!

Check out some of these great Instructables below that can help you go green using solar power!

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Jan 28, 2009. 7:10 PMgutenfrog says:

Question: I've been looking to scavenge some solar cells from old solar calculators, put them together and see if I can rig up a impromptu solar cell. Anyone tried this? If so, what are the power output on those things? I've been trying to find specs, but so far it's a lost cause. b

Apr 26, 2010. 1:00 AMamenda39 says:

Solar panel manufacture from china, www.cctnc.cn. Contact Amanda sales6@cctnc.com

Aug 27, 2009. 9:35 AMkikiclint says:

im pretty sure the solar calcs are on the more inefficient side as far as solar cells go. probably cheaper to go to ebay or somewhere and try to get broken cells, or even whole cells, which will make a neater array. keep an eye on the price of cells and panels for a while. You shouldn't be paying nearly the same price for cells as you would for a fully assembled panel. You would be getting ripped off if you did.

Aug 5, 2009. 10:42 AMAsmodeo says:

I´ve been lurking in "all for $1" stores....i bought 5 different "CCC´s" (Chinese Cheap Calculator"... Guess what? In 3 (three) of them, the supposed "solar cell" was......a little printed paper!!!!! Anybody (apart from me ) feeling angry? The other 2 had, as intended little ...2 square cm solar cells... I found that, on full sun light, they deliver (open) almost 1,2volts that come to an irrisory 0,6 volts at a current of 3mA Useful? maybe....I can´t imagine what can I do with such a miserly source of power....

Oct 1, 2009. 11:03 AMColonel88 says:

lol me too! Reall solar cells have a bit of glass on top of it and yes some solar cells lie about the solar cells. good calculators with real solarcells cost like 1.59. I got one today and it has a pretty good solar cell. Good for sometihng like... a Pummer, maybe? or charge small batteries

May 14, 2009. 11:16 AMGr82Bake says:

calculator cells have like no voltage, i doubt youd get the energy to power a led from that

Aug 5, 2009. 10:43 AMAsmodeo says:

Mhhh...a "Joule thief" perhaps?

Jul 14, 2009. 3:24 PMbomberman3 says:

Maybe if you only used one. He said he would "put them together," combining the total power of all the cells.

Apr 12, 2009. 2:16 PM

dark sponge says:

Hey Plasmana, I made another Instructable. Can you add it to your group?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-DS-quotLightquot-Redone-and-Greatly-Impr/

Thanks!

Apr 14, 2009. 1:42 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

Umm, I don't have a solar panel group...

Apr 14, 2009. 3:31 PM

dark sponge says:

Ugh, I meant this guide. Sorry for the confusion!

Apr 16, 2009. 4:17 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

I know you did this by a mistake, I am just letting you know, lol.

I can't have two instructables that are the same or simalar on this guide, however, I can replace your old one with your new one if you want.

^{If I was you, i think it is fine the way it is, people will go to newer one anyway because there is a link to the newer one from the old one. That is just me, lol}

Apr 16, 2009. 7:39 PM

dark sponge says:

You can replace the old one with the new one, a lot of people have seen the old one but not the new one. Thanks!

Apr 22, 2009. 6:55 PM

dark sponge says:

Can you?

Aug 19, 2009. 2:02 PM

dark sponge says:

_{I'm still waiting...}

Apr 15, 2009. 5:18 AMAfka says:

Solar power is one way to go green, because...solar panels collect energy from the sun and convert it into free electricity without causing any pollution that can cause harm to our mother planet, Earth.

Materials for solar panels have got to come from somewhere, and so does the fuel to produce the energy for the assembly. Nothing is free.

Apr 16, 2009. 4:11 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

True, and nothing will ever become free, energy cannot be created nor destroyed, that is why nothing is free. And why do we even use the work free?

Jul 31, 2009. 6:42 PMurov says:

How ´bout Geothermal energy? -- AND once no one needs to use fuel, say: everything runs "green" there eventually "will be no ned to use fossil fuels" meaning that stuff becomes "free" in this sense :).

Jul 24, 2009. 6:28 PMcatdaddy137 says:

hmm , i got 1 word , atleast......sailboat.

Nov 26, 2008. 5:50 PMAnarchistAsian says:

ha ha, nice guide. SOMEBODY MAKE AN IBLE ON GUIDE-MAKING ALREADY!!!!!!!!!

Apr 19, 2009. 5:21 PMemdarcher says:

I know exactly, somebody has to because I really want to make a guide

Apr 19, 2009. 6:18 PMAnarchistAsian says:

there was one for a couple of days, but then... long story short, it was deleted in a mix-up

Feb 16, 2009. 4:20 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

I successfully added another instructable to this guide!

It is Make a Solar DS "light" that you will Never Need to Recharge Again! from dark sponge.

I now have powers using HTML on instructables! That means I can do anything, colorful text, pictures, and so on...

^{_{I can even add an AD, but I WILL get banned if I do it, according to instructables' terms of service.}}

Feb 21, 2009. 7:46 PMAnarchistAsian says:

luckyyyyyy, how did you get powers? and can a i see an example?

Nov 28, 2008. 10:52 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

Haha! yeah, and he completed!

Nov 29, 2008. 7:44 PMAnarchistAsian says:

awww, he deleted it... =-(

Nov 30, 2008. 6:26 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

Yep, he did... :-( Maybe I will have to make one...

Nov 30, 2008. 9:48 AMAnarchistAsian says:

yeah, totally...

Nov 26, 2008. 6:23 PM

Gjdj3 says:

I might make an 'ible. Then we'd have a lot more people making guides.

Nov 26, 2008. 6:55 PMAnarchistAsian says:

^{and i smell a feature} HINT HINT, get to work on that ible...

Nov 27, 2008. 7:36 AM

Gjdj3 says:

Okay, I just finished. I tried to add a lot of detail.

Here.

Nov 26, 2008. 7:23 PMmg0930mg says:

No, just pm noahw. There's not enough information for an instructable.

Nov 26, 2008. 8:07 PMAnarchistAsian says:

eh, trust me, there's a lot of detail that could be added... or maybe part of a bigger ible.

Nov 26, 2008. 8:15 PMmg0930mg says:

I've made 3 so far, and am making another. There is no way you could make this a full i'ble. It is like a paragraph long.

Nov 27, 2008. 9:51 AMAnarchistAsian says:

look above, he made it, and it looks nice...

Nov 27, 2008. 8:59 AMAnarchistAsian says:

meh, it could be part of an "Instructable formatting" ible, or something..

Nov 27, 2008. 9:50 AMmg0930mg says:

maybe...

Nov 27, 2008. 10:06 AMAnarchistAsian says:

no no, look above, he made it, it's great.

Nov 27, 2008. 2:02 PM

Gjdj3 says:

I just deleted it. Killerjackalope seems to think that it's pretty useless, and I respect his opinion on it.

Nov 28, 2008. 10:54 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

What?!?!

He said it is useless?!
He killed your instructable! He kills everything...

That is why is is called Killerjackalope

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