Solar power has drawn my attention for many years and it seems finally I am ready to set up a simple solar power system. Being a do it youself kind of fellow I am looking into building the solar panels myself from individual cells available on eBay at a fraction of the cost of completed panels. I already have a small inverter rated at 300watts and one strong 12volt battery or a couple of small 12volt batteries to store the energy generated by the panels. If for no other use this will at least keep my cordless tool batteries charged and ready for use. In the future we will fry a larger arrangment of solar panels and batteries, but for now this will certainly get us in the game. More on this later ...
One thing I would recommend is to be-careful when using the DIY method as I have seen a few people fall over and it ending up costing them more to go solar. There are a lot of useless articles scattered around the Internet at the moment on 'How to build a solar panel..' and they just aren't the correct ways.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with it and let me know how you get on with it. Take some photos if you can.
Regards,
Nigel
commercial solar panels specialist