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Building Your Own Solar Panel In the Garage

Posted by timothy on from the prices-have-edge-cases-too dept.

jeroen8 writes "A Dutch guy was able to build his own solar panel in his garage using materials that were a third as expensive as the mass produced solar panels currently available on the European market. He bought his solar cells on eBay and used them to create his own panel. His output price is only 1.20 Euro per Watt Peak (Wp). This makes you wonder if we are paying too much for mass-produced solar panels, which should, in theory, be a lot less expensive than something you create in your garage."

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  1. Re:Once again... by aliquis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    'making' a solar panel in your garage does not start off with buying solar cells and hooking them up, it starts with sand.

    I grow my cannabis, sell the pot and buy nuclear power with the money you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Are these _new_ panels? by pbhj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I liked this bit:

    If you just look around near places were [sic] they renovate old houses you can get the old glass for freeâ¦â¦

    I think he means he stole the glass that was waiting to be put in someone's house? You know if you look around the places where they store bank notes you can get old money for free too!