Solar

Portable Solar Power Supply Hello there. You've probably found this Instructable to gather ideas about making a portable solar power supply yourself. I've always been interested in electronics with this project being my latest idea to come wandering out of my head, why not make a portable box on wheels, that I can plug basic... read more »

Solar Oven With Tracking...Whilst surfing the net one day I came across a site that showed you how to make simple solar cookers. The next day I made one out of cardboard and tin foil. I was amazed at how well it worked. After a lot more surfing and learning I came up with this design that any handyman with basic electrical sk... read more »

Solar Lamp On a Pole, Under a BowlIn search of a solar lamp for our park place, I found no lamp suitable for a pole, neither cheap nor expensive. All I found were solar lamps for wall mount, the best ones approx 100$. The best lamp I found, suited for wall mount, was conforming IP44. Obviously, this is not sufficient: it will be co... read more »

Solar tracker using an old hard driveAn idea I tried out for a solar tracker. There's two solar panels wired so that they oppose each other, these panels are connected to the read head of the hard drive. There's a neodymium magnet on the end of the read head which trips the one of two reed switches depending on which way the read head ... read more »

Foil Solar Panels for Windows (VERY Easy) Build one an hour! Ohio Mike introduces this project by video.     If you do Twitter... Please follow me there too http://twitter.com/iSMTV I was watching my first video again originally describing the project and discovered this... The day I made this video the ... read more »

Smart Solar Oven PlatformI have been using solar ovens for a number of years. I love to cook food with the Sun's energy, and, more often than not, the food tastes really good.  I decided to do this project because I want to use the oven more than just on weekends, when I'm around to tend it. I know that people who do solar ... read more »

Solar recharged LED room lightI was inspired for this project by the new, brighter solar-charged landscaping lights that are available these days. They actually put out enough light to illuminate a pathway after dark, so I wondered why I couldn't do the same thing for indoor use? Most evenings I'm either watching TV or a movie,... read more »

DIY Solar Powered radio for $5This is another good use for the solar panel used on the huge amounts of garden LED lights around, coupled to a portable radio that runs off 2 or 3 AA cells. Most of us have an old radio lying around, so I based the $5 price on the cost of purchasing/ acquiring a solar powered garden L.E.D light. ... read more »