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I'm trying to figure out what kind of encapsulation to use on some homebuilt panels
I see there are 3 (at least) different liquids, and the EVA film.
For the liquids, it seems to be a case of:
Spread some on the glass, carefully place the cells and work out the bubbles, pour more over the backs of the cells.
For EVA, I've seen examples showing:
1) Lay EVA on glass, then lay on cells, then more EVA - heat to melt.
Problem is getting the bubbles out between cells and glass.
2) Lay out cells on work surface face up, apply EVA with heat gun - easier to get rid of bubbles.
Then flip the whole mess over onto the glass, apply EVA to the back, heat to melt it on.
Apparently you need to add a vapor barrier over EVA to keep water out of the backs of the cells.
Do you need to do the same with the liquids?
What about a hybrid setup to reduce the amount of liquid used? Liquid on glass, cells, get bubbles out, let dry, apply EVA to the backs?
I see there are 3 (at least) different liquids, and the EVA film.
For the liquids, it seems to be a case of:
Spread some on the glass, carefully place the cells and work out the bubbles, pour more over the backs of the cells.
For EVA, I've seen examples showing:
1) Lay EVA on glass, then lay on cells, then more EVA - heat to melt.
Problem is getting the bubbles out between cells and glass.
2) Lay out cells on work surface face up, apply EVA with heat gun - easier to get rid of bubbles.
Then flip the whole mess over onto the glass, apply EVA to the back, heat to melt it on.
Apparently you need to add a vapor barrier over EVA to keep water out of the backs of the cells.
Do you need to do the same with the liquids?
What about a hybrid setup to reduce the amount of liquid used? Liquid on glass, cells, get bubbles out, let dry, apply EVA to the backs?
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