How to Build Solar Panels - DIY Solar Powered Generator
Many people today have considered solar energy as an alternative for electric energy, since solar energy is free and unlimited in quantity. Throughout this article you will learn how to build solar panels to capitalize on that solar energy for your own benefits.
1. Why You Should Build Yourself
Buying readymade solar panel can cost you 00-00, compare that with building your own self that can only cost less than 0, beside it is a fun process you can learn to do. Let's take at some basic principles to build your own solar panels successfully.
2. Solar Cells
Solar cells are the necessary equipment for solar panels. Solar cells or known as photovoltaic cells convert solar energy into electric energy that you can use to supply your house.
3. A Concise Guide To Build Your Own Solar Panels
The first thing you need to have is semiconductor on the cell's surface. This is where light will be gathered. Usually the semiconductor is made from silicon. Aside from using silicon, there is another type of semiconductor that uses cuprous oxide. In this case you need to heat copper first before producing the copper oxide.
If you find it difficult you can buy the different parts of solar panel at local supplier and assemble it at once. This is a cheaper method than buying the whole readymade package.
The next step is to loosen the incoming electrons and send it to a pre-determined place. After building the semiconductor, you need to mix the semiconductor with other elements that have an effect of changing their polarity this way you can create an effect to loosen the electron. The last step is direct the electron to a pre-determined direction and convert it to electric energy.
Michael Harvey has written a guide that provides a step by step guide on how to build your own solar powered generator.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
Would a solar powered microwave generator warm the planet?
Assume that the albedo of the solar panel is equal to the albedo of the surrounding land, and that the generator is not a blackbody, so that 100% of its power output falls within the microwave band.Will this device warm the planet more than if it did not exist at all? Or would the visible light converted into electricity by the solar panel equally and exactly offset the energy contribution to the atmosphere from the microwaves, thus keeping total energy (and thus temperature) constant?
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ANSWER:
wouldn't make any difference.
most of the microwave energy would be lost in space.
reflected light is also lost.there was a pretty good weather channel special that pointed out that 95% of solar heating is absorbed by the oceans.
that's why it's not generally visible outside your front door.
it's also why solutions that address the ocean are far more important.
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QUESTION:
Could a solar powered UV generator completely reverse AGW?
A follow-up to my last question about microwave generators.If we had a solar powered device capable of producing radiation only in the UVB band, and it were directed straight up, would this cause the stratosphere to heat due to the higher concentration of ozone there?
And if so, then since the device is solar powered and is essentially 'stealing' energy from the sun that would have otherwise gone into warming the surface, it will have the effect of redistributing solar energy from the surface to the stratosphere.
So if enough of these devices are built on a large enough scale, would that "rebalance" the energy imbalance caused by global warming (where the upper atmosphere is cooling and lower atmosphere is warming) and eventually bring both tropospheric and stratospheric temperatures back to preindustrial levels, even without worrying about CO2?
Don't worry about practicality, I am just wondering if the physics add up or if there's some key piece I'm missing.
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ANSWER:
since the oceans are absorbing 95% of the energy, i don't think so.clearly if you could cover 1/2 the oceans with mirrors, you'd be able to reverse global warming.
but you'd create an environmental disaster in the process.
we've already reduced fish stocks to critical levels in much of the ocean.
depriving the remaining ocean of sunlight would reduce algae and all of the fish that depend on it.so the 2 problems are,
1. scale, it really is not scalable to the size needed, and
2. location, it doesn't lend itself to being deployed where the problem is most serious.
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QUESTION:
how can you make a wind powered generator with solar panels as back up?
I am in the process of building a wind powered generator and I want to put on some solar panels on it as a back up source of energy. So pleas HELP!!!!!!-
ANSWER:
Hi, This is a good question and I have your answer, This is a very simple thing to do you can buy all your materials in any store as simple as using a 6" PVC Tube to make the blades for your wind generator. E-bay has a lot of DC Generators that are good to use as a wind generator. I bought a guide named earth4energy and they show how to make a wind generator in 3 simple steps. You can find this guide at : www.greenproductsolutionpr.com and also a lot of information about renewable energy.Steps to make a wind generator :
Definitions:
Generator:
This wind turbine transforms wind power into electricity, with the use of an A DC Motor that generates the power to spin the blades,
Options include:
Electric lawn mower motors that have been recycled.
All motors made by Ametek.
Alternators with a permanent magnet (car alternators).In order to find a DC motor you can check eBay, or look for inexpensive power tools. Drills, screwdrivers and other tools are a great way to find inexpensive DC motors although they do not generate much energy they are great for smaller projects. A great DC motor/generator is the Ametek 30VDC as pictured below. I purchased this DC motor for about from ebay.
http://www.earth4energy.com/recommends/ebay-ametekwindgenerators.php
Blades:
building PVC blades from an old pipe please watch our instruction video from the members page.
Acquire a 6-inch wide, 24-inch long PVC pipe.
Quarter the piece of pipe around its circumference, cutting it lengthwise into four pieces (diagram on the next page).This is only a preview of the step-step guide that they include in their package for more information please visit : www.greenproductsolutionpr.com
I can share with you more information because is a copyright information
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QUESTION:
How does the electric generator powered by solar power works?
How does it work and what are the benefits and consequences from it?-
ANSWER:
just like the way you light bulbs work, just in reverse
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