| quality and processed silicon solar panels are easily | | | | metal shears |
| available in the market today. Whether it’s | | | | Cut the copper in the exact size of your electric |
| residential or home use, people are now considering | | | | stove. Clean the copper sheet thoroughly for any |
| making their own solar panels. | | | | possible traces of oxidization. Heat it on the burner till |
| The most frequently and commonly asked question | | | | the color changes to brown and then finally into a |
| is that is it difficult to make solar panels all by myself? | | | | thick layer of black coat. Then this sheet should be |
| Solar panels are very easy to be made in household | | | | joined together with another copper sheet of the |
| by making use of guides which are very easily | | | | same size. Join them by using alligator clips and place |
| available online. Also, you can use the kits which are | | | | it into a bottle. Make sure that the two sheets |
| available at almost all of the electrical stores. People | | | | don’t touch each other. The black copper |
| with the experience of fixing up their electrical | | | | sheet should be connected to the terminal which |
| equipments at home will find the procedure very | | | | says negative and the other one connected to the |
| easy. Even if you don’t have any experience, | | | | positive terminal. |
| a good guide with step by step procedures that | | | | Now place saltwater at the bottom of the plates and |
| includes pictures too will be really helpful to you. | | | | make sure that the clips are dry and doesn’t |
| Solar cells or photovoltaic cells are the first basic | | | | touch the water. This is how you generate electricity |
| requirement. They are very light in weight and can be | | | | from the heat of the sun. |
| easily transported from one place to another. You | | | | Because, the black copper plate acts as the |
| have to decide on where you want to make solar | | | | semiconductor! It is a kind of an insulator where |
| panels and install them. Flat rooftop, back yard or | | | | electrons are tightly bounded with their atoms and do |
| garden of the house are the main ideal places for | | | | not flow freely and acts as a conductor where |
| making and installing your own solar panels because | | | | electricity will flow independently. |
| these are the only places in which we receive huge | | | | When sunlight hits this semiconductor, it will also hit |
| amount of sunlight. | | | | the electrons. Some of these electrons gain so much |
| After selecting the right location, start the procedure. | | | | energy that they will ultimately generate electricity. |
| Below are some of the components which are | | | | These electrons then move to the saltwater, into |
| essential in making these panels: | | | | the clean copper sheet, into the wire and then |
| • A copper sheet | | | | through meter goes back to the semiconductor and |
| • 2 Nos. of alligator clips | | | | generate electricity. |
| • A micrometer with the capacity to read the | | | | Make your home solar friendly and cut down your |
| currents between ten to fifteen amperes | | | | electricity bills as you now know how to make your |
| • One electric stove | | | | own solar panels. |
| • Sand paper, tap water, table salt and sheet | | | | |