Do you want to build solar panel systems that will save you enormous amounts of money off your electric bills?

Do you want to build solar panel systems that will stop the never rending flow of unreasonably high bills for the energy you utilize while heating or cooling your home and business?

Do you want to build solar panel systems that will reduce your consumption of the rapidly dwindling fossil fuels while increasing your expenditure of solar energy which is, for all intents and purposes, limitless?

Do you want to build solar panel systems as part of your do it yourself weekend projects?

If you have answered in the affirmative to the above questions, you are most definitely ready and apparently willing to dive into a DIY solar panel project. I, therefore, congratulate you for being financially savvy and environmentally aware enough to create a source of reusable energy that is also eco friendly. Consider yourself officially “green.”

If you are concerned about complexity of the task of build solar panels and perhaps about expenses, I am here to assure you that to make solar panels is quite easy as it is inexpensive. As a matter of fact; DIY solar panels are quick and easy to make, the materials you will need are readily available and cheap, and the end results are NO MORE ELECTRIC BILLS because solar energy is FREE to anyone who knows how to harness it.

So here are a few easy to follow instructions that will help you build sola panel systems that will give you more or all the electricity you will need to power your home or business for cooling and heating as well as for fueling your electric appliance, electronic gadgets, and so on and on.

The following instructions include a list of items you will need for building just one solar panel but the instructions are the same whether you build one or a thousand.

Prepare all the items you will need — tools and materials.

  • 36 solar cells. Most solar panels are constructed with 36 solar cells to produce 18 volts of electric power.
  • Pressure treated or marine grade plywood measuring 2 x 4 feet.
  • Pressure treated or marine grade plywood measuring 1x2x10 inches. You would need 2 of those.
  • Clear sheet of plexiglass measuring 2 x 4 feet.
  • Pegboard measuring 2 x 4 feet.
  • Charge controller.
  • Deep cycle battery.
  • DC to AC inverter.
  • Tabbing wire. 60 feet should be sufficient.
  • Bus wire. 15 feet is the least you would need.
  • Resin flux pen.
  • Roll of solder and a soldering gun.
  • Power sander or sheets of sand paper.
  • Power stapler or staple gun.
  • Caulk gun.
  • UV protector sealant and a paint brush or roller.
  • Clear through or transparent silicone.
  • Multifunction digital multimeter.
  • Crimping pliers.
  • Wiremold strips. You will need 2 of them.
  • 20 gauge copper wire in black and red. Get a large roll.
  • Tile spacers.
  • Mending plates.
  • Electric power drill and drill bits.

Do not let the long list above scare you because the instructions from here on end are very easy to follow:

Step #1: Measure the pressure treated or marine grade plywood to the desired size and cut it accordingly.

Step #2: Drill two holes in the plywood through which you will thread the negative and positive connection wires.

Step #3: Measure the pegboard so that it fits inside the plywood and cut it accordingly.

Step #4: Use your paint brush or roller to apply the UV protector stain on both sides of the plywood as well as the pegboard. Once they are dry, repeat the application a second time.

Step #5: When they are both completely dry on both sides, screw the pegboard and plywood together.

Step #6: Using the resin flux pen, glue on the tabbing and bus wires.

Step #7: Arrange the 36 solar cells in 4 even rows of 9 cells each on top of the pegboard.

Step #8: Use the black and red copper wire to create the needed negative and positive connections by soldering them to the bus wire and threading them through the holes you have already drilled in the plywood.

Step #9: Place the clear plexiglass on top of the plywood frame and seal it tightly with silicon.

Step #10: Drill holes around the edges of the plexiglass through which to screw it securely to the plywood.

Step #11: Take a break for 24 hours which is the amount of time needed for the silicon to thoroughly dry.

Step #12: Find the positive and negative connections you threaded through to the back of the solar panel and connect them to the charge controller.

Step #13: Link the positive and negative connections which you have connected to the charge controller with the deep cycle battery.

Step #14: Finally, connect the same positive and negative connections coming from the deep cycle battery to the DC to AC inverter.

Well done! You have just built your very own little power station!