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Make Solar Panels At Home

A solar panel transforms the energy in sun's rays into electricity. With the help of everyday equipment found around your home, you too can create a solar panel and generate electricity. The most clean form of renewable energy for use, solar energy will really help deduct your power bill.

Here is a listing of things you will require you make a solar panel:

One electrical stove ( at least 1000 watts)
one half-square feet sheets of copper flashing
One 2-litre plastic bottle
One micro-ammeter
Three tablespoons of table salt
Sheet metal shears
Electric drill with sand paper
Two alligator clip leads
Safety goggles
A little tap water

Instructions to create a solar panel:

1. First, clean the copper flashing entirely. If there is any rust on the flashing, clean it with with sandpaper. With the sheet metal shears, cut the sheet metal shears, cut the copper flashing into size big enough to to cover the electrical stove burner.

2. Now put the copper flashing on the electrical stove burner and turn on the stove. The flashing should stay on the burner till a layer of black cupric oxide forms on it. This usually takes about 30 minutes.

3. Once the layer of cupric oxide has formed on the flashing, allow it to cool. Wipe the flashing so all the black cupric oxide is gone from its surface. However, make efforts to leave the red cupric oxide formed in the act, as it is.

4. Use the metal shears to cut another piece of copper flashing in the same size as the prior one. Take the 2-litre plastic bottle and chop its top off. Attach the 2 sheets of copper flashing to the insides of the plastic bottle using the alligator clips. The sheets need to be attached on the both sides of the insides of the bottle, and should not touch.

5. Connect the lead of the alligator clip of the clean copper flashing to the positive terminal of the ammeter. Now put the lead of the alligator clip of the red cupric oxide plate to the negative terminal of the ammeter.

6. Take some hot tap water and dissolve the table salt in it. Now pour this salt solution into the plastic bottle. But make sure that the salt water solution only covers the bottom of the two copper flashings. It shouldn't reach up to the level of the alligator clip leads.

7. Now place this set-up in sunlight. Watch the ammeter to read the amount of electricity generated by this solar panel. While you set up your solar panel, be sure to wear your safety goggles all the time.

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