Comments on: How is energy from solar panels converted to energy that can be used for solar power? http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power Create A Green Home Mon, 21 May 2012 01:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Moonworks http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power/comment-page-1#comment-2861 Moonworks Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:23:59 +0000 http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power#comment-2861 Search "DIY" solar panels and google and you will come up with some DIY kits. If you need more information on solar panels and the different technologies, we just wrote a White Paper: Residential Solar Technology Made Simple that can be found here: http://www.moonworkshome.com/home-improvement-resources/Residential-Solar-Technology-Made-Simple/ I hope this helps. Don't hesitate to reach out with any further questions.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.moonworkshome.com/products/repower-home-energy-solutions/ Search "DIY" solar panels and google and you will come up with some DIY kits. If you need more information on solar panels and the different technologies, we just wrote a White Paper: Residential Solar Technology Made Simple that can be found here: http://www.moonworkshome.com/home-improvement-resources/Residential-Solar-Technology-Made-Simple/

I hope this helps. Don’t hesitate to reach out with any further questions.
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]]> By: Amy http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power/comment-page-1#comment-2860 Amy Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:44:59 +0000 http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power#comment-2860 Your best bet is making solar water heating panels. You could make them out of copper, PVC, and garden hose, and compare which gets hotter. Check out this site for ideas. http://www.builditsolar.com/ Avoid the scams out there saying you can build your own panel for $200 to power your whole house. You can't. There are some free instructions on the You Build It site that are legit.<br><b>References : </b><br> Your best bet is making solar water heating panels. You could make them out of copper, PVC, and garden hose, and compare which gets hotter. Check out this site for ideas. http://www.builditsolar.com/

Avoid the scams out there saying you can build your own panel for $200 to power your whole house. You can’t. There are some free instructions on the You Build It site that are legit.
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]]> By: Ichbas http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power/comment-page-1#comment-2859 Ichbas Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:14:59 +0000 http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power#comment-2859 Unless you know how to grow silicon crystals and slice them wafer thin in a controlled environment, you wont be making any solar cells. You can make some of the make shift solar cells out of the deposite formed on copper when super heated. There are some tutorials online that explain how to do it,. Your best bet would be to buy solar cells which are made from different processes and test them. example monocrystalline solar cell polycrystalline cell amorphous cell (not realy a cell, but a piece) there are many other types of cells. Just contact someone and ask for a cell for school, they are about $2 a piece. Then get a good multimeter from radio shack and do all of your testing on the same day.<br><b>References : </b><br> Unless you know how to grow silicon crystals and slice them wafer thin in a controlled environment, you wont be making any solar cells.

You can make some of the make shift solar cells out of the deposite formed on copper when super heated. There are some tutorials online that explain how to do it,.

Your best bet would be to buy solar cells which are made from different processes and test them.
example
monocrystalline solar cell
polycrystalline cell
amorphous cell (not realy a cell, but a piece)
there are many other types of cells. Just contact someone and ask for a cell for school, they are about $2 a piece.

Then get a good multimeter from radio shack and do all of your testing on the same day.
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]]> By: vmaldia http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power/comment-page-1#comment-2858 vmaldia Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:39:59 +0000 http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power#comment-2858 you can macgyver extremely inefficient solar cells but it probably wont be worth it<br><b>References : </b><br> you can macgyver extremely inefficient solar cells but it probably wont be worth it
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]]> By: OtherGuy http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power/comment-page-1#comment-2857 OtherGuy Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:14:59 +0000 http://www.yourenergy4you.com/solar-panels/how-is-energy-from-solar-panels-converted-to-energy-that-can-be-used-for-solar-power#comment-2857 You might be able to manage solar panels to warm water. This would be used, for example, in a home to reduce energy needed by the hot water heater. Other types of solar panels, such as those that make electricity, you would not be able to make at home.<br><b>References : </b><br> You might be able to manage solar panels to warm water.
This would be used, for example, in a home to reduce energy needed by the hot water heater.

Other types of solar panels, such as those that make electricity, you would not be able to make at home.
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