Rodrigo
11th February 2012, 04:00
This is my first post; I hope to do it well.
I just found this video of some guys showing their progress in building low-cost solar panels. They also shown, step by step how to build them.
A bill is pending in the chilean Congress to which the electrical energy generated in your home is deducted from the bill.
As Spanish is spoken in the video I translate here the essential elements used and new ideas they discovered.
The video:
1:14 base polymer. This can be purchased at a store advertising items.
1:25 filament, is a trim for winter protection of doors and you need to make dimples.
1:40 Solar panels. They buy online today. The panels were brought from California.
2:17 Row of solar panels. They join with filaments, front and back, positive to negative.
2:40 the solar plate almost complete.
2:56 applies a chemical compound. They recently discovered it and enables the board to resist dust, wind and rain, and receive sunlight. The chemical compound is simply “epoxy resin” and is in shops. Before, the plates were a sandwich of glass that lasted less time, now takes 5 to 8 years.
3:59 filaments bind to a single cable and it connects to a "converter". This transforms the solar energy to electricity of 230 volts, and plugs into an outlet on the house (the video converter is great for a house you need a smaller one)
4:41 electric meter, as Chile uses 220 volts of electricity, the excess energy generated goes back into the system and the wheel turns backwards.
The normal solar panel weighs 57 pounds, this solar panel weighs 11 pounds.
The bill pending in Congress seeks for every kilowatt of excess occurred, the company pays the equivalent of 1 and a half.
These guys have a project to provide power throughout a laboratory at their university.
I hope the information is useful to all. If new videos appear I will post them.
Guys, I'm not an engineer, so that all the other details that you observe, post it, please. The questions we may answer them together.
Here is the link of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnNxZWnXsXI
I just found this video of some guys showing their progress in building low-cost solar panels. They also shown, step by step how to build them.
A bill is pending in the chilean Congress to which the electrical energy generated in your home is deducted from the bill.
As Spanish is spoken in the video I translate here the essential elements used and new ideas they discovered.
The video:
1:14 base polymer. This can be purchased at a store advertising items.
1:25 filament, is a trim for winter protection of doors and you need to make dimples.
1:40 Solar panels. They buy online today. The panels were brought from California.
2:17 Row of solar panels. They join with filaments, front and back, positive to negative.
2:40 the solar plate almost complete.
2:56 applies a chemical compound. They recently discovered it and enables the board to resist dust, wind and rain, and receive sunlight. The chemical compound is simply “epoxy resin” and is in shops. Before, the plates were a sandwich of glass that lasted less time, now takes 5 to 8 years.
3:59 filaments bind to a single cable and it connects to a "converter". This transforms the solar energy to electricity of 230 volts, and plugs into an outlet on the house (the video converter is great for a house you need a smaller one)
4:41 electric meter, as Chile uses 220 volts of electricity, the excess energy generated goes back into the system and the wheel turns backwards.
The normal solar panel weighs 57 pounds, this solar panel weighs 11 pounds.
The bill pending in Congress seeks for every kilowatt of excess occurred, the company pays the equivalent of 1 and a half.
These guys have a project to provide power throughout a laboratory at their university.
I hope the information is useful to all. If new videos appear I will post them.
Guys, I'm not an engineer, so that all the other details that you observe, post it, please. The questions we may answer them together.
Here is the link of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnNxZWnXsXI