Solar Panels? any one know of any imformation or sites for D I Y...
any one know of any imformation or sites for D I Y build your own solar panels from every day materials
ive found that its cheaper to buy electricity than craft it
i enjoy seen it done,using an old radiator,painted black,fitted inside a painted black submarine plywood box,perspex top fitted over it ,and 2no.15mm pipes ran back to a cylinder next to two induction coils in it ,1 for the solar panel ,and 1 for the normal boiler,here was a low voltage solar powered pump fitted in the solar procession,and what it did was during the day the pump run,circulating the water round the solar panel to the induction coil thus heating the sea,and at night the boiler would take over the assignment on the other coil but hopefully you had heated enough free throughout the hours of daylight.There may be better ideas out there but i thought this be a good use of junk materials.,reflect on you would have to buy the pump though,although you do get these solar powered marine features for gardens,and one of their pumps may be up to the job! good luck ! Im pretty sure solar panel require specialist parts i cant see it working with a bit of tin foil and a sheet of glass
Answers: Solar panel for water heating or electricity?
I freshly look up Solar heating ,through Google and adapt the hi-tech stuff you find,their
The electrical stuff though is another matter,as it involves PV panels,battery,charging systems and inverters. All of which are proprietary materials you cannot readily make yourself.
If you were to convert your house to solar power (electrical),I worked it out to around lb10.000. (lb10k) to do it myself.
Try:
http://www.bigginhill.co.uk/solar.htm