Making a DIY Solar Panel/Finding its maximum power point/Solar panel experiments

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Here’s a story of me building a DIY solar panel. For this I’ve used polycrystalline solar cells of 0.5V and 3.6W each. Hopefully after soldering everything together in series I should get an 8V and approximately 58W panel. Let’s see how it will turn out and find its maximum power point.
I’ll also tell you about the assembly process, and about the problems that I've encountered while building this solar panel, and how to avoid them.
Was this project worth it? Absolutely! See for yourself!
00:00 Introduction and summary
00:41 How I decided to build a DIY solar panel
00:58 The process of soldering these solar cells and all the BUTs and tips to avoid them
02:19 The specs of the solar cells and expected results
02:40 The construction and the assembly of the panel
04:05 Making a resistance box (for testing of MPP of the panel)
05:46 Measuring the angle of my solar panel to the sun
06:18 Thanks!
06:33 Finding the maximum power point of the solar panel (result analysis)
08:58 About my DIY 60 000 mAh powrbank
09:14 Conclusion

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@thatonedude8900 Ай бұрын

it took me 3 rewinds to understand he actually said "polar sanel" the first time X3

@SoWlfulCrafts Ай бұрын

[SoWlfulCrafts smirks and walks into the sunset nonchalantly]😁

@emphases Ай бұрын

Loved the free energy demo 😂

@SoWlfulCrafts Ай бұрын

Thanks!😆 If only I hadn't screwed it up at the end...😅

@ibrahimozgursucu3378 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video a lot, never could have guessed the amount of subscribers. +1

@SoWlfulCrafts Ай бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate your support!

@Sir-Dexter 28 күн бұрын

sound like you had fun ..nice work

@SoWlfulCrafts 27 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yes, its always fun to bulid something, especially when there are challenges in the process!😁

@BromideBride 20 күн бұрын

Interesting channel. You earned a sub & I gave a very rare 👍(because I hate how that affects _my_ choices). I would have liked to see the resistance tester explained in more detail. It took me several reads to read soul/owl & despite the image of what I first thought was a cat. I kept reading _so WILful crafts_ which might also be true 😅 Any maker with UT210 clamp meter and hw107 boards is worth following.

@SoWlfulCrafts 20 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad, that my meter has swayed you😁

@BromideBride 20 күн бұрын

@@SoWlfulCrafts yeah I'm pretty cheap, 😁

@SoWlfulCrafts 20 күн бұрын

Lmao🤣 You just made my day!😁👍

@migor777 Ай бұрын

What are the dimensions of your panel? It seems those are close to the commercial 100w panel at least ? So you believe that panels sold as 100w or 200w are actually those values or much less?

@SoWlfulCrafts Ай бұрын

Each cell is 6"x6" (15.2×15.2 cm) so the whole panel is 4'×1' (121×30 cm). That's net dimensions of solar cells without the ftame. I guess it depends on where you're looking🤔 If it's a cetrified dealer, then it should be fine. But I wouldn't take random __express sellers word for it, cause they tend to "exaggerate" more often than not😆 The thing is, that it's the instalation of your panel, that majorly affects its performance. You can get a true 200W panel, and it will perform as a 50W panel, if you'll install it at a wrong angle to the sun. And don't get me started on shading...😂 In my humble experience, even the slightest shading of a panel (for example shading of 1 cell) significantly decreases its output power.

@migor777 Ай бұрын

@@SoWlfulCrafts Tnx! Makes sense

@gsestream Ай бұрын

so what makes you think using ready made solar cells is diy. diy the solar cells. try copper-copper-oxide and others. just electro-oxidize the copper sheet or pipe from both sides, so you have three terminals. middle support copper and both faces semiconductor copper oxide. also copper has the heat collection additional benefit.

@SoWlfulCrafts Ай бұрын

Sorry, but I think you got terms "panel" and "cell" confused. But thanks for a great video idea! I'm off to mining copper ore! Brb 👍😁 In the meanwhile, have a nice day!

@gsestream Ай бұрын

@@SoWlfulCrafts yeah mining and extracting copper is a nice idea, when copper metal sheets are expensive, similar to solar cells. which one you can do easily at home, solar cells or copper sheet solar panels. without using the store.

@gsestream Ай бұрын

@@SoWlfulCrafts also cell is the one wafer solar unit, and panel is the whole functional thing with frames.

@gsestream Ай бұрын

@@SoWlfulCrafts I really means diy solar cells. panels are just collections of solar cells after.

@BromideBride 20 күн бұрын

You've done this, with a video to demonstrate?