I made my own Dollar Store Solar Panel
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2020
- I tested dollar store solar panels and then combined them into a larger solar panel that outputs 7.2 volts and 85 mA of current. This project is currently charging 18650 cells one at a time!
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Yes, I now know isopropyl alcohol helps remove hot glue! Lol Thanks everyone for the tip. Here is the new version:
Appreciate it, Alan. You wouldn't believe how hard it can be sometimes to find the right search results! Great video! I sure needed the help!
Just started hacking dollar store lights. Now I have another project to work on!
Doing the same thing brought me here. Great sense of humor. I enjoyed your video. Excellent data points for my project, as well.
About 3 years ago I recycled my old solar lamps exactly in this way. To easily remove the solar panel, you need to heat it with a hairdryer. When the glue dissolves, it is very easy to push the panel out. If possible, it is better to leave the original cables. Just like in the movie, it's very hard to solder them. In several-year-old panels, during soldering, the cable often fell off along with the silicon layer
My local cemetery threw a bunch of solar lights away so I grabbed them out of the trash. I think the batteries are only dead in most of them.
Great video! Please do more small solar project. I enjoyed watching this video very much!
That works out to $19 per Watt. Interesting project, informative video. For a second there, I got excited thinking about solar cells for $1 each but then I did the math 7.2V x 85mA = 0.612 Watts for $12 (plus frame and charge controller). The dollar store isn't a great bargain after all. Oh well. OTOH, I found a 2 Watt solar panel online for $7 with free shipping, about 4 inches by 5 inches.
I tried something like this with hot glue and my own structure (not rich enough for 3D printer) the hot glue got soft enough with heat from the sun and the ting fell apart. I later used silicon which worked well. I have larger polycrystalline cells from larger garden bright spot lights. (They were thrown out and thus got them for free!) There were 2 2000mah 18650 cells already in there and the solar panel gave 6W (5V x 1.2A) output in full sunlight. Easily charges my phone.
I've been scavenging dollar store solar lights for a few years. I've made several small,panels using dollar store pictures frames as a framework. Add a 12 volt gelcell and a cheap Chinese controller and I have lights for a couple of garden sheds.
I took apart a £10 solar garden light and wired it up to a spare domestic switch, and separated the light from the panel to turn my 'shed toilet project' into a girls toilet for no 1's only on fire nights down the allotment. The light shines at the toilet and the tiny panel is at the window. The switch is at the entrance as expected.😋 £10! Job done! No more fumbling around in the dark. Subscribed!
An absolutely beautiful project.
I love this project!!! Idk how u dont have more subs man. Keep up the good work! 👍😊
Interesting video. I live and travel full time in my 25 foot 1994 Winnebago warrior class A motorhome with my little dog Tinkerbell and I loved seeing you make the solar panels.
Liked for the pink hot glue gun and sarcasm lol
Man, this is cool! Thanks for linking the 3d file too!
Here is a hot tip- If it is just the usual “hot glue” you can put alcohol on it and it will release from what it is stuck to.
I had a similar idea cuz one day I found a bunch of those in the dumpster behind the dollar store I wanted to try to make a phone charger with them but I really don't know how to do it but it's nice to see somebody else was thinking the way I did
I proposed this project to the King of Random, like 7 years ago. Never had the know how to do it myself, I absolutely love this! Great Vid!!
these are the kind of project I enjoy