Hi folks, have completed 2nd panel using 6x6" cells, first had 40 cells and was 20V max, this one is 60 cells and 30v max, so has the possibility to generate 240w.
the cells come from ebay, for the glass and frames using 4mm float glass, toughened, non tinted glass sliding doors. once the cells are layed onto the glass am using sylgard to encapsulate them, 2 jars for the large panel, thinned out with xylene to get the coverage and get it to get under the cells better.
pictures of the process can be seen at http://rifraf.dyndns.org/solar/ , intend to make a tutorial up afterwards, the sylgard takes about 3 days to set with the added xylene but the results look good, testing next weekend once i finish the wiring.
the cells come from ebay, for the glass and frames using 4mm float glass, toughened, non tinted glass sliding doors. once the cells are layed onto the glass am using sylgard to encapsulate them, 2 jars for the large panel, thinned out with xylene to get the coverage and get it to get under the cells better.
pictures of the process can be seen at http://rifraf.dyndns.org/solar/ , intend to make a tutorial up afterwards, the sylgard takes about 3 days to set with the added xylene but the results look good, testing next weekend once i finish the wiring.
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