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Curbie
I was searching the web for some specific information on solar thermal
panels and ran into a site about DIY building Photovoltaic panels. A
few years ago a bought a book:
"BUILD YOUR OWN SOLAR PANEL"
by Phillip J. Hurley
http://www.goodideacreative.com/solarpanel.html
..... which seemed like a real effort to construct DIY Photovoltaic
panels, but I was twitchy on whether the panels could be sealed well
enough against atmosphere infiltration (oxygen & moisture) for near
commercial longevity.
On the DIY Photovoltaic site I found links to these You-Tube videos
outlining another method of DIY Photovoltaic construction:
This method basically uses a frame made from aluminum angle stock with
a sheet of ¼" low iron tempered glass laid in and the tabbed array of
PV cells just set on the bottom side of the glass, then the whole
array is bonded and encapsulated with the glass with Dow product
Sylgard 184.
The tentative costs for this encapsulated method look pretty good and
this and it makes sense for oxygen & moisture infiltration as this
Sylgard 184 is specifially made for this porpose.
Has any here anything about this method, good or bad???
Thank,
Curbie
panels and ran into a site about DIY building Photovoltaic panels. A
few years ago a bought a book:
"BUILD YOUR OWN SOLAR PANEL"
by Phillip J. Hurley
http://www.goodideacreative.com/solarpanel.html
..... which seemed like a real effort to construct DIY Photovoltaic
panels, but I was twitchy on whether the panels could be sealed well
enough against atmosphere infiltration (oxygen & moisture) for near
commercial longevity.
On the DIY Photovoltaic site I found links to these You-Tube videos
outlining another method of DIY Photovoltaic construction:
This method basically uses a frame made from aluminum angle stock with
a sheet of ¼" low iron tempered glass laid in and the tabbed array of
PV cells just set on the bottom side of the glass, then the whole
array is bonded and encapsulated with the glass with Dow product
Sylgard 184.
The tentative costs for this encapsulated method look pretty good and
this and it makes sense for oxygen & moisture infiltration as this
Sylgard 184 is specifially made for this porpose.
Has any here anything about this method, good or bad???
Thank,
Curbie