DIY Solar Panels
This is not your ordinary DIY job; these panels are made from discarded and broken solar panels that can be found down at the tip or any other place that may take trash. But what the people who have thrown these away do not realise is that these panels are still ok to use. Sure they don’t as clean and shiny as new ones, but they are free and do work!
Tools needed:
To start making solar panels from broken solar cells you need a few things.
15-25 watt soldering iron
Light duty 60/40 electronics rosin core solder (radio shack $5.00 for a roll). You can use a silver solder, but I think it’s too expensive, and the difference in resistance is minimal. So I just use regular old electronics solder.
Multimeter
Pencil eraser
Solar tabbing pre tinned ribbing (ebay 100 feet is like $20 bucks)
A good flat sturdy working surface ( I use a piece of glass, but whatever you have will do)
Source [Instructables]
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