05.20SOLAR PANEL DIY MAKE YOUR OWN SOLAR PANEL BUILD SOLAR PANELS
www.greenpowerscience.com This is the basics of tabbing cells together. Tabbing solar cells with tab wire and a flux pen.
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May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
and i LOVE your outtakes.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
wow. awesome videos.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
great job guys, keep up the good work. I enjoy every one ove your videos.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Sorry . What I meant was
11:40 Resin: You need to have a flexible resin (for example clear silicon) because the cells expand and contract different in temperature changes and would break in stiff resign.
and then to get it watertight..all in all a hard job and if you put together all the costs you have better bought one. Sad but true
And by the way Acryllic glas is not good beaause it bends in the sun. What you can take UV resistant Polycarbonate or glass
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
you mean Design…
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
14:20 Resign: You need to have a flexible resign (for example clear silicon) because the Cells expand andcontract different in temperaturechanges and would break in stiff resign.
and then to get it watertight all in all a hard job and if you put together all the costs you have better bought one. Sad but true
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
cute couple
these solar videos are nice for me because I’m thinking of buying some panels and some deep cycle batteries to help with powering some stuff
Too bad these cant power a modern gaming pc, keyboard and monitor hehe, I keep mine on a lot, talk about power consumption.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
very good info.. will definately use. the bloopers cool too,lol.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
How do I power my 6500 BTU AC?
I think its about 650 Watts
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Thanks for the info! I’m guessing after you string the cells together with tab wire, then interconnect them with bus wire, you’ll have your + and – connections to the cells, then how do you connect wires (to the diode) and then to the batteries? Haven’s seen any vids on this yet. And what gauge should the wire be for a 36 cell panel?
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Negative to positive is a series connection for adding up the voltage to whatever you need your voltage to be. Using .5 volt cells you would need to connect 24 cells in series to get 12 volts. Do not connect the remaining contacts together unless you want to do some welding hehehe
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Silver solder (no lead) is best. Solder = Tin. Put (melt) some solder (tin) onto the tip of the soldering iron. This helps the iron to make quick contact with soldering points and solder and makes the soldering quick.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Use a big (wide) tip on 1 40 to 60Watt iron. Use of a “gun” is not recommended. No need to “press” the iron into the metal, let the tinned tip transfer the heat. Also, by pre-tinning the solar panels, the solder will flow faster when you want to attach the tabbing wires. When you use the flux pen, you’ll notice Dan cracks a panel pushing into it. The tip of the pen is a sponge, one push on a different surface will saturate the sponge enough for the whole job. Only depress when the sponge is dry.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
You will use a silver solder, not a plumbing acid colder. Newer solders are lead-free and require higher temps and are harder to solder with for the beginner. Look for 60/40 silver solder. The key to a good connection (aka joint) is cleanliness. That is the true job of flux (no to fill in holes as Dan says on the video) to clean the two surfaces right before the solder flows. Tinning the tip means to put a small amount of solder on the tip of the iron … you want shiny.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
I got my PV cells today, going to try soldering 4 together as a test and to practice. What does it mean to tin the tip of your soldering iron? Also, what wattage do you recommend for the iron and what type of solder should I use, there seem to be 3 or more kinds, thanks!
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
A few things regarding the soldering:
1. Tin your tip to enhance the heat transfer.
2. You fluxed the connections, the next step would have been to take a tined tip and tined the wires on the solar cells.
3. Re-tin your solder tip and then lay down the tabbing wire.
No need really to run the tabbing wire the full length, the negative wire is already embedded. Just two small strips about an inch along the top + the length is needed to reach the positive tabs.
All in all another Great video.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
The other videos I’ve see on Diy panels the builders test there cells for output before they solder them together. They arange the cells according to there output and it makes the panel more efficent.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
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May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Holy Crappollla: My patience is limited hooking up solar hot water; I will start WW III if I try to solder 36 pairs of fragile tinsel together. The manufacturer who sells those little panels with solder less – snap together engineering will get my business.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
You hook electrical stuff in series to increase the voltage. You hook uo in parallel to increase the power.
You hook up as many as you need in series to get the desired voltage. Then you hook up as many groups of them as you need to get the pwer you desire.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
can’t wait for part 2, just bought 100 PV cells on eBay, can’t wait to start, going to try to come up with a very lightweight but durable casing – having a bad back those wood frames would be killer. This is time consuming but so so much cheaper than buying them!
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
thank you. very interesting.
and the last 20 seconds are funny
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
but i didnt understand 1 thing,why u connected the front side connection to the back side?u mixed negative and positive?
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Yep, I was that too. Dan, when will the part two be. Also waiting for the big dish project. Any ideas on time. Work your magic dude. LOL
KEEP up the goog work.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:21 am