May
28
2011
SOLAR PANEL DIY Photovoltaic, Harbor Freight, INSTALLATION Training Video Solar Electricity
By Solar Expert
How to assemble stock solar panels. These are water tight panels that will not suffer water damage. Free Solar Training Video.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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The way the panels come out of the box is set up to mount to the frame with the wires at the top, don’t know why that is, but I just went with it. Works fine, and is easier the adjusting the mount.
wow now i dont have to talk out of my ass when a customer asks me about it lol
Hi! thank you for all the info you have been sharing over the years. I wondered if the harbor freight charge controler could be hooked to the other types of panels that youve used in the videos which produce 60-80 watts or is it just 45 watt max?
what kind of inverter do i need for a 45 watt kit and how many batteries do i need to get started ?
what kind of inverter do i need for a 45 watt kit and how many batteries do i need to get started
It took 3 million gallons of bunker to get these panels from China to the USA!!
Buy local
Thanks for the vid, but these panels are made in China. China is not a county of enviromentally friendly electronic producers not to mention all the carbon that was used to transport it from China to the USA. Most of Harbor Freight items are from China. I thought you would be more enviromentally responsible that than by promoting more home sources.
Great vid if you enjoy the benefits of cheap chinese junk. Wouldnt hook that system to my house. Sad that it comes from the green power dude, hes normally pretty sharp.
The green power guy is normally pretty cool but this is just trash systems, honestly the frigging chinese are screwing up the solar industry so bad.
@slyder2k6 Its because its cheap chinese junk. That little controller is going to toast within the first year or two.
I counter screwed the frame together and mounted it on a piece of plywood, this makes it very solid.
@OscarTankMan What city/state do you live in?
Does anyone else find it ironic that they packaged a “green unit” in all that polystyrene wrapping material? Just an observation lol.
can these be mounted to the top of an SUV? Would love to be able to have power to run a small space heater inside my SUV.
how much was it?
you should do a battery reserve/multi panel system to alieviate all electric cost and run a stand alone system.
Nor sure if you are working for Habor Freight. hOPE YOU ARE getting something from them for all your free publicity!!
Dan Rojas for President !!!!
Good Video. Dan..question here…If you measure the voltage in each individual panel..do you get about 21 volts (open) connection ? …Do each panel has a diode to avoid reverse current ??
…what will happen if a panel drop to say 5 volts…what will be the average voltage ?
If you have one panel of 100 watts (36 Voc) and 3 panel of 60 watts … (21 volt Voc)…can they all be connected to a single charge controller ( 50 Voc input; 400 watts) ?
@solarmaster100 You need an inverter to covert the 12V DC into 120V AC. Look at some of the other green power science videos for more information.
the first one of those frames that i put together pissed me off.
Thank you, some of the people that work at Harbor Freight do not know how everything in the store works because they are so busy restocking stuff, but it’s fine because other bigger stores they know even less and they charge a lot more, I love that store and their honest prices, your video is great
@greenpowerscience Is there a good battery price/performance that would work with this kit?
Really good Dan thanks for this… love the cat too by the way. Have you seen “Simon’s Cat” I think you would get a kick out of it… simonscat-dot-com – hilarious. Keep the solar tutorial videos coming! Thanks again.