Design
I have been working on a photovoltaic solar system for a couple of weeks now, and this is where I am at. I bought my solar cells from ebay, and I bought some of the supplies needed from amazon. Once I received the supplies I soldered the cells together using some solder and the tabbing wire, with the soldering iron. I then soldered all the cells to form rows and laid them out ready to be put into a case. This system should put out around 120 watts, or around 18 volts.
Materials:
- Solar Cells (from ebay)
- Tabbing Wire (amazon)
- Bus Wire (amazon)
- Diodes (amazon)
- Flux Pen (amazon)
- Soldering Iron (hardware store)
- Solder (hardware store)
Next Steps
As of now the solar system does not have a mount. The mount will also take some time and money, and I will eventually upload a picture of the system mounted. The materials I still need to create the mount are:
- 2x4 for the outer shell/design
- Glass to place inside the wood frame
- Resin to pour and harden over the cells when they are laid upon the glass.
- Waterproof Paint to paint the wood, and make sure it will not deteriorate.
Finally once I have it mounted I will need to acquire an 18 volt battery, and an inverter to change the current from DC to AC so the solar system can charge the battery.
Project Goals
Eventually I would like this solar system to be used to power electronics in my camper van.
- Building Steps
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Supplies.
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Tabbing solar cells together.
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Cells getting tabbed together to form rows.
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With everything tabbed together and ready to be mounted.
See Help:Tables and Help:Table examples for more.
Next Steps
As of now the solar system does not have a mount. The mount will also take some time and money, and I will eventually upload a picture of the system mounted. The materials I still need to create the mount are:
- 2x4 for the outer shell/design
- Glass to place inside the wood frame
- Resin to pour and harden over the cells when they are laid upon the glass.
- Waterproof Paint to paint the wood, and make sure it will not deteriorate.