How To Make a Solar Power Generator

Is your home a suitable location to install a solar power generator? You need a south facing roof that has an unobstructed view of the sun. Any overhanging branches or other structures that are blocking out the sun from the solar panels should be removed.

If you have a flat roof that will be fine as the solar panels will be facing the sun all day. As the seasons change you will need to reposition the panels so that they are receiving maximum sunlight.

If you live in the far north in countries such as Norway and Sweden the winter months will be very dark with minimum daylight. However the opposite is true in the Summer months with daylight virtually 24 hours in mid June.

So solar power will work very well in these countries during the summer. The temperature doesn't matter, you don't need very hot sunny days to generate solar energy. As long as sunlight is hitting the solar cells you will get electricity.

If you live in a country such as the UK which does have lots of cloudy days you will still be able to generate some solar energy.

The increasing cost of electricity is making it very hard on many people especially during the winter months. Dark evenings and cold frosty nights mean a greater usage of lighting and heating and consequent high electric bills.

You may be aware of solar power but feel that it's far to costly to install solar panels. However once in place and connected, a solar power generator can save you $100s off your power bill.

Even on cloudy days solar panels can still trap enough solar energy to power a few household appliances, so you will still save money. A deep cycle battery is connected to your solar power generator to store solar energy harvested during the day, for use at night time.

Providing you choose to have an on grid system installed you will always have your power company to fall back on, if you aren't generating enough electricity through your solar power generator.

Most parts required to build a solar power generator can be bought from your local diy store. Solar cells are often the most expensive part of a solar panel but can be purchased second hand from ebay. You can buy broken or chipped solar cells as they can be easily repaired and there are some good bargains out there.
You will need plywood to build the panel to house the solar cells and plexi glass to cover it.
Special tin coated wire is used to tab the cells, and a volt meter is needed to test the output from the solar cells.

If you want to store excess solar energy you will need a battery. Deep cycle batteries can be used to store power generated during the day for use at night.

Download an easy to follow step by step guide that shows you how to build your own solar power generator for under $200!