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DIY Solar Panel Installation

Solar panel installation is a fairly sophisticated procedure. But with a little help and guidance do-it-yourselfers can install solar panels successfully. Tell us about your experiences with solar panel installation...

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DIY Fresnel Lens

There are a lot of uses for Fresnel lenses in DIY solar. The key issue is to be very careful, because the concentrated solar energy generated by Fresnel lenses can, and will, burn, melt or destroy most things... Please Be Careful!

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cloudy days

I built 5, 60w solar panels. Checked voltage before & after mounting on roof. Each produced 18.5v or more. Since i live at 41 degrees N. lat. I mounted them facing due south and at 41 degrees. They only produced about 14v at noon. I played with the…

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DIY Solar Network - join us!

The DIY Solar Network is all about sharing ideas and projects relating to "Do It Yourself" solar. Solar projects are fun, relatively simple and very rewarding because the end result produces the benefits of free energy for years.

Enjoy the videos of DIY'ers explaining their projects. Share your experiences. You can add a blog post, create a forum, add videos and photos. The projects can be found organized under "groups", or you can select from the list below:

Solar Panels… Continue

Posted by Douglas Arrison on April 20, 2009 at 10:00pm