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Solar energy collected through Do It Yourself solar panels could be used to meet the electricity requirements. Through Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) cells, solar radiation gets converted into DC electricity directly. This electricity could be either used as it is or can be stored in the battery. This stored electrical energy then can be used at night.

SPV can be used for a number of applications such as domestic lighting, street lighting, village electrification, water pumping, desalination of salty water, powering of remote telecommunication repeater stations and railway signals.

Solar energy or green electricity thus created could be used for Cooking/Heating, Drying/Timber seasoning, Distillation, Electricity/Power generation, Cooling, Refrigeration, Cold storage.

Many small time farmers and rural people could benefit by building solar panels at home. This would help them in saving huge cost invested in purchasing readymade Solar Energy Panel. In agrarian country Solar Energy Panels come as a boon. Constructing Solar Energy Panel does not call for expert knowledge.

Step-by-Step guides available in the market would provide end to end subject knowledge, about raw materials needed to build a solar energy panel and instruction on construction. They also suggest were the raw materials could be procured.

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Amongst all the new energy alternatives, sunpower solar panels has been getting the most buzz and coverage in the media, and it’s no big secret why… they are very effective! And the time to go green has never been better than right now, see not only are you going to be doing a big favor for the environment when you go green your also doing a big favor to your wallet by saving thousands a year!

Here’s the Problem

The price of professionally installed solar powers systems is usually not within the average persons budget. That’s why many people have shifted their thinking and decided to make their own inexpensive sunpower solar panel from home and get all the tools they need at their local neighborhood hardware store.

How Hard is it To Build Your Own Solar Panel?

To build your own solar panels it’s pretty simple and not near as complex as it sounds or as people try to make it look like. There are a lot of blueprints on building your own solar panels on the internet, there are even some resources and guides available that will walk you through the entire process step by step.

Once you get your hands on a set of instructions, the next step will be do go to your local hardware store and purchase the needed parts to begin your project. From here, whenever your schedule permits, you may begin your project. It’s also very possible to build up to 2 solar panels in a single day.

Final thoughts

For most of all that cannot afford expert installation of solar panels. It’s more than possible now to make solar panels for home use yourself, and you don’t have to be a nuclear physicist either. Not only will you be helping the environment prosper while also saving a good deal of your money that otherwise would be going to the electrical companies.

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A good rule of thumb is that once you eliminate the use of electricity for space heating, water heating, and cooking (electric stoves), most any house can be operated successfully from a solar, wind, or hydro system.

What is a Solar Panel?

Solar panels generate free power from the sun by converting sunlight to electricity with no moving parts, zero emissions, and no maintenance. The solar panel, the first component of a Solar Power System, is a collection of individual silicon cells that generate electricity from sunlight. The photons (light particles) produce an electrical current as they strike the surface of the thin silicon wafers. A single solar cell produces only about 1/2 (.5) of a volt. However, a typical 12 volt panel about 25 inches by 54 inches will contain 36 cells wired in series to produce about 17 volts peak output. If the solar panel can be configured for 24 volt output, there will be 72 cells so the two 12 volt groups of 36 each can be wired in series, usually with a jumper, allowing the solar panel to output 24 volts. When under load (charging batteries for example), this voltage drops to 12 to 14 volts (for a 12 volt configuration) resulting in 75 to 100 watts for a panel of this size.

Multiple solar panels can be wired in parallel to increase current capacity (more power) and wired in series to increase voltage for 24, 48, or even higher voltage systems. The advantage of using a higher voltage output at the solar panels is that smaller wire sizes can be used to transfer the electric power from the solar panel array to the charge controller & batteries.

Basic Types of Solar Panels

Monocrystalline solar panels: The most efficient and expensive solar panels are made with Monocrystalline cells. These solar cells use very pure silicon and involve a complicated crystal growth process. Long silicon rods are produced which are cut into slices of .2 to .4 mm thick discs or wafers which are then processed into individual cells that are wired together in the solar panel.

Polycrystalline solar panels: Often called Multi-crystalline, solar panels made with Polycrystalline cells are a little less expensive & slightly less efficient than Monocrystalline cells because the cells are not grown in single crystals but in a large block of many crystals. This is what gives them that striking shattered glass appearance. Like Monocrystalline cells, they are also then sliced into wafers to produce the individual cells that make up the solar panel.

Amorphous solar panels: These are not really crystals, but a thin layer of silicon deposited on a base material such as metal or glass to create the solar panel. These Amorphous solar panels are much cheaper, but their energy efficiency is also much less so more square footage is required to produce the same amount of power as the Monocrystalline or Polycrystalline type of solar panel. Amorphous solar panels can even be made into long sheets of roofing material to cover large areas of a south facing roof surface.

Are you considering installing solar panels for your home?

Solar panels can be a great investment that not only saves you money and increases the value of your property, but also helps the environment while it’s helping your wallet and bank account.

You may probably wondering, commercially made Solar Panels are very expensive. Alternatively, you can build your own solar panel, if you can do some handyman work. Homemade solar panels are a lot cheaper comparing to their commercially made counterparts. Making solar panels really isn’t as complicated as you might think. To build a solar panel you will need some basic materials and a budget of about $150-$200 per solar panel that you want to build.

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