Frankly speaking, building solar panels for home is quite an easy job. You can build your own solar panels for home in just 5 simple steps. If you follow this guide closely, you could surely have great time building solar panels. More ever its get more fun as you progress with your work.

By using this information in this guide you can build a 12V solar panel. You can easily build a series of these panels to get a huge system to power your home. If you think, this s the kind of information you were looking, you can continue reading till the end.
These are the 5 steps involved in building solar panels for home.

1. Source for solar cells
You can get used or broken solar cells. You can also make solar cells at your place. I would prefer to buy new ones. If you want your panels to work efficiently for a longer period of time, then it would be better to get new cells from a shop.
But if you choose used or broken cells, they might worn out after a short period of time and you would have to replace them frequently.One of the ways to make solar cells is to heat copper plates to form cuprous oxide, a semiconductor. But the problem with them is, they are inefficient and only few microwatts of power is produced by each cell.

2. Solder the cells
The power generated by solar panels depend upon the number of cells connected together. If you need 12V energy supply, you have to join 24 solar cells in series as each of them produces nearly 0.5v. However few solar cells are not 0.5V rated, so check the specifications carefully before buying them.

3. Pasting the cells onto a substrate
Once you have joined the solar cells electrically, paste all of them on to a substrate. Many people tend to use silicon caulk. But you should know the correct technique to do so as caulk might get strained after using them for a short time.

4. Protective box
The next step in building solar panels is to make a protective box to hold the substrate. You can use plastic, wood or metal to build the box. Each of them have their own characteristics.

5. Cover the Solar Panel Box
Lastly, use a transparent plastic or glass to cover the box. This box prevent the cells from getting damaged due to due and precipitation. Maintenance is required for the box. Wipe out the surface of the box with a soft and damp cloth regular basis.

Your solar panels is ready to generate power for you. Do all the steps listed above completely to get better results. You can start building solar panels on your own from this very minute. 
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