Build your own solar panel
By: by Phillip Hurley
Edition: Revised and expanded.
Publisher: Wheelock Mountain Publications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Wheelock, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780971012523
Subjects: Solar batteries; Solar cells; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic power systems; Design and construction
Other titles: Generate electricity from the sun
Description: Whether you're trying to get off the grid, or you just like to experiment, Build Your Own Solar Panel has all the information you need to build your own photovoltaic panel to generate electricity from the sun. The new 147 page revised and expanded edition has easy-to-follow directions, and over 150 detailed color photos and illustrations. Materials and tools lists, and links to suppliers of PV cells are included. Every-day tools are all that is needed to complete this project.--from publisher description
Notes: Printed pdf file downloaded from www.goodideacreative.com
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Solar cells; title: Solar panels; title: Connecting solar cells; title: Building a solar panel; title: A small solar panel array project; title: Panel construction; title: Purchasing and working with solar cells; title: Making tab and bus ribbon; title: Encapsulants; title: Solar electric system; title: Appendix.