Editing Lets Learn How to Make Solar Panels

Using some basic tools and good construction technique, you can make solar panel that's similar to and even much better than a commercially manufactured panel.<br /><br />List of materials necessary to make solar panel<br /><br />* Tab ribbon (narrow)<br /><br />* Bus ribbon (wide)<br /><br />* Aluminum bar stock<br /><br />* Aluminum sheet (rigid)<br /><br />* PV cells<br /><br />* Fiberboard for layout board<br /><br />* Screws and nuts<br /><br />* Solder<br /><br />* 2-position barrier block<br /><br />* Electrical tape<br /><br />Tools had a need to make solar panel<br /><br />* Soldering iron<br /><br />* Caulking gun<br /><br />* Paint brush to spread caulk<br /><br />* Hacksaw<br /><br />* Screwdriver<br /><br />* Pencil<br /><br />* Ruler<br /><br />* Drill<br /><br />Panel output<br /><br />To make a solar power, you must always know the final wattage, volts, or amps that you would like your solar panel to create. Your solar panel must always utilize the same size and same type of solar cells.<br /><br />Watt output =volts x amps<br /><br />Number of cells you will need<br /><br />Calculate the amount of cells you need based on the amount of voltage you need from the panel.<br /><br />Panel layout<br /><br />Now we must plan about the panel layout.<br /><br />Panel length and width<br /><br />Considering the total amount of the cells, space among the cells, frame allowance, top and bottom clearance, calculate the total panel length and total panel width.<br /><br />Bar stock<br /><br />For the frame we need four bits of bar stock. Two should be of the width of the panel for the horizontals and both verticals of along the panel<br /><br />Cut and apply the tab ribbon<br /><br />Allowing you to connect the cells to each other and to the bus strips, cut the tab ribbon. Attach each cell to 4 pieces of tab ribbon where 2 pieces are soldered to the negative side which is blue and 2 pieces are soldered to the positive side that is silver. Now solder 2 bits of tab ribbon to the trunk of each cell.<br /><br />Create a layout template<br /><br />Now it is the time to create a layout template. Cut a sheet of fiberboard to squeeze in the sidebars of the panel. Draw the layout using pencil and ruler, for the cells, tab and bus connectors.<br /><br />Solder [https://pvribbon.com.cn/pv-ribbon/ pv ribbon wire] <br /><br />Solder the cells together on the layout template. The tab ribbons which are connected to the positive (back) of every cell are soldered to the negative (face) of another cell in the string. Place each cell in the right position on the template and solder it to the face of the next cell.<br /><br />On every string, one end with 2 long tab ribbons extending out from the back of the cell is the positive end of the string. Whereas the other end of the string with no tab ribbon linked to its face is the negative end of the string. Strings of cells should alternate in direction, so that they can easily be connected in series (positive to negative).