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In the event of making the solar panels most of the commonly available guidelines and resources make it more complicated than it actually is.

The fact is that constructing solar panels yourself is not difficult unless you do not have an understanding of what you are trying to do and a concise plan to do it.

I will give you a brief overview and show you how simple the process is:

1. First, decide if you actually need to construct your own panel. You might have an easier time of it if you just find one that someone else is throwing out or needs to give away - and that could solve your problems quickly.

2. If you want to do it anyway, here’s the quick-start guide:

You might be very enthusiastic about completely eliminating your utility bills, but I would not attempt this as your first project.

You should start from a small project in the beginning and then expand on your work. Try to make a 40 or 50-cell solar panel at first phase, observe how it works and then follow through towards the bigger one accordingly.

Here’s how you can get started right away:

To begin with, get the needed supplies together. You need 40 or 50 solar cells, which can probably be obtained on Ebay, some plywood (You can have it precut if necessary.)You also need solder, a rosin flux pen, and tabbing wire.

Next, place the solar cells face-down in series, and apply a tiny amount of solder on every tab.

After that, you are required to wire these cells together in such a way that if wire passes from the back of one cell the other end of the wire should pass to the front of another cell. In this manner you need to connect all the cells.

Then, connect each row of solar cells together in parallel form, and attach the cells to the wood using silicone.

And in the end, at the bottom of the plywood, drill holes to pass the positive and negative wires from the solar cells. These wires are then to be connected to the inverter at first and then to the power box on your house.

If you feel a little uneasy with the last step you should call the electrician or the power company, both of whom could help you in this process. You need to make yourself convinced that you cannot be perfect in the first chance and if you don’t hesitate to call “experts”, it will always prove useful for you.

This is a very quick overview, but you get the basic idea from this article. Making your own solar panels is not difficult; the most tedious part of this whole process is wiring the solar cells together, and youll get better at it each time you do it.