Archive for the ‘make solar panels’ Category

how to make solar panels the easy way..?

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

http://www.motherearthnews.com/search.aspx?search=make%20solar%20panel

can some tell me where to download how to make your own solar panels plzplz?

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

how to make your own solar panel help me You can go to any torrent search site, such as Torrentscan, and enter the search term "solar". I'm sure something will come up. Unfortunately, I doubt the plans will be workable. But you can judge. At least you won't ...

how to make solar panels at home?

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The solar panel described in the you tube footage is a photovoltaic panel. Here is another article: http://ezinearticles.com/?Homemade-Solar-Panels---What-They-Really-Are&id=3523153 Photovoltaic panels are just one of the three kinds. These types of panes are about 8 to 14% efficient at changing light to electricity. There are also two general ...

Can you really make your own solar panels?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

I see these ads but they have the scamy website look. here is a video i came across a few days ago that might help.

How much energy is required to produce, transport and install solar panels?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

I'm wondering if you total up all the electricity a plant making solar panels uses in a year, the energy the workers take to travel to their jobs each day, the energy used to transport the finished product to consumers and finally the energy used to install them and then ...

can you make a solar panel from potato chip bag ?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

ok i was watching discovery channel when i saw this thing, where you can make solar panel from potato chip bags. is there any vedio that shows how to do this and setting it up ? i believe you can. i have heard of this interesting guy who used pop can bottles to ...

Why can’t we make affordable Solar panels?

Monday, March 1st, 2010

We can make devices that can store tens of thousands of songs(ipods) and other products with the top notch technology but we can't find out out a way to make Solar power systems more affordable. Why??? The Asian market is coming up with some cheap alternatives. Proberly, these better options will ...

Were solar panels made by copying how plants collect sunlight?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

In nature, green leaves collect light and produce energy. Is this what they copied to make solar panels? If not how hard would it be to make artificial leaves that would power our homes? Solar panels were not made to copy leaves. Leaves have molecules that become excited when they ...

Anyone know how to make solar panels for heating water?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Or where to find the cheapest. I am building an outside toilet are to be encased in a porch. I want the water to be totally solar heated and might want use underfloor heating from the same source. Forgot to say I am UK based If you want to build your own, ...

what is the diffenence in the way sunpower and first solar make solar panels? which is better?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Sunpower is a conventional crystalline silicon cell, except with contacts all on the back. These are the most efficient cells widely available commercially. However, Sunpower panels are generally more expensive per watt than other silicon panels. First Solar is a Cadmium Telluride thin film, theoretically, a lower cost per ...