Do-It-Yourself Solar Panels on the Cheap
Here’s how an astronomer made his own solar panels on the cheap with damaged, inexpensive materials from eBay and lots of elbow grease. A solar panel is basically a box that holds an array of solar cells. Solar cells are the things that do the actual work of turning sunlight into electricity. The panels hold enough cells to make a useful amount of power and protect the cells from the elements.