After the Obama administration-embraced solar-panel company Solyndra collapsed and defaulted on its government-backed loans, the surging US solar industry is suddenly worried that the subsidies it receives — tax credits and loans guarantees — could dry up in the face of opposition from conservatives. Spencer Michels reports.
greenpowerscience.com This is a good option for anyone wanting to experiment with DIY solar panels but do not want to use hot solder. This works good if you have a good clean connection and you are willing to sacrifice about 5% of the solar cells over all watt output. You can actually make smaller panels this way increasing the wattage per square meter and saving on glass dimensions. This option works perfectly for joining together broken cells and making artistic designs with solar scraps that really produce power. This option is also perfect for solar model builders as this makes the panel one semi-rigid piece.
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What is the glue brand name and where can i buy some?
Dan
Could you build your frame first then put glass side down and glue your panels in one at a time laying them on the glass for support. as you glue them. then all you would need to do is seal the back and make your conections. would that work. Hope you understand what I’m talking about.
Also we have alot you yard sales in Al. and you can find lots of large ugly picture cheap but they are covered with glass frames could you burn the picture and you the glass frame.
Thanks
Barry
I cant help myself I have to come back and say something about this stuff. I’m putting together little 1″ pieces that would have been tossed. Not sure what I’m gonna do with it but it’ll be fun to seeif it’ll charge my phone.
Well I bought some of this stuff and I must say it works pretty good. Glad I bought it. It makes it very easy to use those broken cells. Thank you Dan & Deniese.
Another great idea from Dan.
You should delete all the dislike comments from people who have nothing to do
If people have nothimg good to say,they should not fay anything at all.
My comment is you are just trying to help people do things the easy way,.
I enjoy all the great ideas you come up with.
You are the mam Dan.
Keep up the Great!! work
Al
Can not wait for next video. Also how reliable is this glue what is the longevity of it and becides from video what has been pros and cons of the glue and how well does it work under the topical encapsolation.
Waiting on your method of encapsulating.
Fantastic way of making use of broken cells. I’d been thinking about that for a while. Great job!
Nicely done, Dan. Thanks.
awesome! You explain this so well and make it look so easy. Thank you! I hope one day to get funding so I can have you and others come and give workshops on this kind of thing.
There is a reason cells are designed the way they are, yet this method can also create a lager 0.5 volt “cell” if you want to do that. There is a point where the current may become excessive and a printed connection will fail. One reason for tab wire is it carries the current off the cell rather than the cell conductive “print wire”. Good for experimentation, but not for a large panel. I’d like to see the results on a 40 watt or larger panel… Just say’n
Thanks for sharing you guys’s wisdom’s.
Hey I was wondering if you think the chinese brands that are flooding the market are still high quality?
dpla5762, use aluminium frame and 3/16″ tempered glass. Plexiglass warps afterits been in the sun for a few days
I just put together my first 36 solar cells and am looking for a good way to incase them. I hope your video comes out quickly because there are so many conflicting ways to do it and I am not sure what is best. Not having to use a resin or inert gas sounds best to me. Can’t wait. Thanks!
I made this myself !!!
i can tell…
lolol
Great Video, Good information
you know what if you had a piece of glass that was a little short this would be a way you might could make your cells fit. this really compacts it. also some times I have broken cells that dont have a goo place left to solder. this stuff looks handy Im gonna buy some.
fresnel lens your solar cells
whered you get the panels?
I figure once you get confident with these broken solar panels, and if you had multiple types with multiple colour shades you could start getting artistic with them creating mosaics in the Roman style.
gluen chipped cells into panels is a good idea.
Several videos ago I commented that I had a dream to have a house in an urban area completely off the grid. It seems that solar power technology has improved and become a lot cheaper since then. With your own experience, do you have any speculation that this dream of mine will become real in the near future?