Since I got a soldering kit for Christmas, I thought about making a homemade solar array from the solar panels from solar calculators. I'd really like to see you do something of the sort too.
Lots of solar panel calculators have fake solar panels, plus the real ones are very inefficient and low quality. Please instead buy dedicated solar cells.
Solar panels from calculators are made for low light conditions like inside a house. Not for direct sunlight I would recommend buying some 5×5 solar panels online instead.
Will cost a lot and won't be efficient at all, but it's probably a good idea if you want to learn a little about soldiering... Probably will be better to buy a diy kit or to create something easy like a charger with a dc-dc converter Or maybe a micro flashlight with supercapacitors
Woah I've been off this channel for a little while now, and I'm very impressed how fast your channel has grown last I knew, you were celebrating over 10k subs! Congratulations! You deserve it.
I'm hoping by the time I have kids, your channel and understanding is what they are learning from. You have great potential, and I love your dedication.
I liked that you showed that light of different wavelengths have different voltage potentials, as opposed to just sitting it in the sunlight as saying "lookie-there"
Many, many years ago I made a solar cell from a selenium rectifier and aluminum foil. Selenium rectifiers were used in very old vacuum tube televisions.
Huge magnifying glass to heat the top of the solar panel, and water to cool the bottom. With thermal Si and make a low power heat element too, it must be touching the solar panel away from negative. When it is done see if having the heating of the si panel is worth putting on every solar panel, with or without the extra heat element.
What would happen if you used silicon dioxide powder mixed with cupuric oxide powder as a pure panel held together with conductive glue. Use a plastic compartment with a copper floor. Or combine several materials with different absorption spectrums.... Might make a great second project
I was actually interested in making a hand crank car battery starter with a capacitor bank and a few LEDs to show the capacitors are charged to full and maybe a few resistors to bleed off the extra charge between capacitors. Can you something like this to your fan it would be great. Thanks
I would think that using an arduino to control a tracking unit for solar cells is a bit over-engineering. I could do it with a couple of 4093's and a few 2n2222's. I know the arduino is quite a capable unit, but old school chips and transistors do the job very well and are quite easy to use with no programming needed.
Hey greetings from france, when i was 16 i have had the same pen than u many souvenirs with it ^^ love your videos keep going dude : la science dépasse les frontières
Can you make a sunlight powered light bulb by concentrating sunlight by a concave mirror then passing this light through optical fibre cable to a glass bulb where if you can somehow scatter that concentrated beam of light . I can send you a diagram of what I mean if you're interested in it . Thank you !
How do we know its producing electric energy from the solar energy, and not acting as just a solar-controlled battery? Maybe the chemical reaction between the plates and the electrolyte form a battery that is only active when light hits it, as if its a battery with a photodiode in series.
How would the current change if you decrease the distance between plates ? In the lead acid batteries for example, the plates are literally pressed into each other having separator between them, would a porous separator wet with NaOh electrolyte & two plates squeezed on it make a different amount of current? Please make a video on it, with different electrolytes, possibly one with Copper oxide powder added into electrolyte...... please!
I don't know if it is because I changed my computer screen to a larger one, but i think your head it's to close to the camera and maybe it would look better if you get it a little far away. By the way very interesting video
awesome dude, i really love ur channel. also recently i have been trying to make a cell phone gsm jammer(ONLY for education purposes XD) , but sadly i failed.
Thanks for liking my comment! I am big fan of both you and codys channel and love your guys content. But ever since codys Heavy Water video, I have been waiting for a fusor reactor video. Now I find out he is not only making a reactor video, but two of my favorite youtubers are collaborating, im beyond excited.
Don't do the Arduino idea. if you look it up the Sun and the wind move in the same direction. If you have ever seen one of those rooster things on the top of a barn, they always move the same direction as the wind
I have a question, if you used the solar panel and combined it with an ion thruster, but not using copper. Instead using tungsten, amplified the e- field using parallel capacitors. Get a drone made of carbon fiber, could you theoretically create a self sustaining RC drone that would never need batteries?
get a second panel and build a small trailer with a car battery and recharging electronics that can be pulled by a selfmade ebike. 200w watts should be more than enough for a electric vehicle
hey i have one question my zvs driver is not working too well i have hv ( around 25kv at 9volts and 7amps) but i dont have plasma like you had and it heats up very fast and if i go over 9 v it stops working and it heats up a lot do you konw what it could be or anybody else
I don't know if it is possible (that's why i'm asking) but could you try to measure the maximum voltage and/or ampere when used as an diode(if possible)
Nate if you're reading this I haven't challenged you officially in one vid because my camera broke and my challenge to you is to make a super cap or graphene with only things in your home I will officially challenge you later this month
Hello all. I’m getting into hobby electronics and I tend to open and leave around old circuit boards around my home, I was wondering if these boards contain harmful amounts of lead and if they pose a risk to my pets or family members, have a good day.
Will you do the same experiment with different metals? Aluminum and copper. Steel and copper. Aluminum and steel. Zinc and copper. Aluminum and zinc. And so on and so forth.
redstone craft guy but is there also small strips of metal leeds of copper in a silicon solar panel that runs in a pattern that catches the electrons released by the silicon? Than is used as a conductor to transport or deliver the electrons to the wire leeds and to the power cell or battery? Or am I wrong? Oh yeah, love your videos. Your a very good instructor and very smart.
Man you've matured a lot since I started watching. Sponsorships and everything, that's awesome dude, I am so glad you're being recognized!
my favorite part is when you prove the concept by blocking the sunlight. pure science, no bull. good stuff.
That was great, I love that he showed it actually working
Since I got a soldering kit for Christmas, I thought about making a homemade solar array from the solar panels from solar calculators. I'd really like to see you do something of the sort too.
Truly Infamous thats a great idea hope he does
Lots of solar panel calculators have fake solar panels, plus the real ones are very inefficient and low quality. Please instead buy dedicated solar cells.
Solar panels from calculators are made for low light conditions like inside a house.
Not for direct sunlight I would recommend buying some 5×5 solar panels online instead.
Will cost a lot and won't be efficient at all, but it's probably a good idea if you want to learn a little about soldiering...
Probably will be better to buy a diy kit or to create something easy like a charger with a dc-dc converter
Or maybe a micro flashlight with supercapacitors
If that doesnt work, try udeing standard leds. They have the same effect, and are actually not so bad
Thank you for making these videos, still one of a few channels that put real science in. Keep up the good work!
James Thompson true man
Woah I've been off this channel for a little while now, and I'm very impressed how fast your channel has grown last I knew, you were celebrating over 10k subs! Congratulations! You deserve it.
Great video Nate! I've always wondered how panels work
Thanks! :)
and as great as our tech is we only get 20% of the energy
I'm hoping by the time I have kids, your channel and understanding is what they are learning from. You have great potential, and I love your dedication.
Best channel I've found on UA-cam you've taught me a lot
Please never stop making videos.
You totally already have science teacher writing hahaha
Very informational, well done!
I liked that you showed that light of different wavelengths have different voltage potentials, as opposed to just sitting it in the sunlight as saying "lookie-there"
Thank you very much for all your interesting videos.
You are gifted in explaining)
I get so happy when a new video is out!
Many, many years ago I made a solar cell from a selenium rectifier and aluminum foil. Selenium rectifiers were used in very old vacuum tube televisions.
Great stuff! Something I've not seen before. Really enjoying your content these days.
Keystone Science thanks for your awesome video
Thanks bro because of your levitation video I won my college circuit designing completion.you having a awesome collection of projects.
Huge magnifying glass to heat the top of the solar panel, and water to cool the bottom. With thermal Si and make a low power heat element too, it must be touching the solar panel away from negative. When it is done see if having the heating of the si panel is worth putting on every solar panel, with or without the extra heat element.
build buy and master solar electric panels get less and less effective as they get hot.
I love your channel and your videos. I see you gaining very many subscribers in the future
Ooo can you make a battery out of random things found around (like in the trash). Kind of like a apocolypes style battery? That would be awesome
This is the channel we need in UA-cam.
This was one your better videos in my opinion.
That was - especially nice!
very brilliant i love this channel, it brings out and does real science
You should make a solar panel using black piping and water, then use the water to run into a heat sink and use peltier tiles to create the electricity
What would happen if you used silicon dioxide powder mixed with cupuric oxide powder as a pure panel held together with conductive glue. Use a plastic compartment with a copper floor.
Or combine several materials with different absorption spectrums....
Might make a great second project
he’s all grown up now but sounds the same it’s awesome
You should do a video on logic circuit projects.
You should do an episode on railguns I am trying to build one and would love to learn more
I was actually interested in making a hand crank car battery starter with a capacitor bank and a few LEDs to show the capacitors are charged to full and maybe a few resistors to bleed off the extra charge between capacitors. Can you something like this to your fan it would be great. Thanks
Sooooo what I want to know is….. IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY A FRIGGIN AWESOME SOLAR PANEL!!!?!
Do you think you could do an in depth instruction video on how to make a nixie watch?
Who needs solar when you can have a fusion reactor 😂
Haha, i take it you came from Cody XD
I would think that using an arduino to control a tracking unit for solar cells is a bit over-engineering. I could do it with a couple of 4093's and a few 2n2222's. I know the arduino is quite a capable unit, but old school chips and transistors do the job very well and are quite easy to use with no programming needed.
very good idea sir.
Hey greetings from france, when i was 16 i have had the same pen than u many souvenirs with it ^^ love your videos keep going dude : la science dépasse les frontières
Can you do a video explaining logic gates and how to build a computer?
Can you make a sunlight powered light bulb by concentrating sunlight by a concave mirror then passing this light through optical fibre cable to a glass bulb where if you can somehow scatter that concentrated beam of light . I can send you a diagram of what I mean if you're interested in it . Thank you !
I have forever wanted to know how to make one of these special solar panels
Wow that copper plate looks amazing once it's off the burner.
Hey, Cody!Where should I go to learn more about how electronics and schematics work?
Nice video! What about building a small solar power kit that could power charging a cell phone?
A good one may be one solar pannel made from leds.
Good video, but I might correct the "atoms" vs "electrons" thing at around 5:20
Hell yeah, it's Quantum Mechanics! HΨ=EΨ mother equation of nature. 😊
How do we know its producing electric energy from the solar energy, and not acting as just a solar-controlled battery? Maybe the chemical reaction between the plates and the electrolyte form a battery that is only active when light hits it, as if its a battery with a photodiode in series.
Solar powered car my man (If its enough to power it)
Didn't know you had a blue tesla also hanging on your wall :D
I happen to have noticed the tesla coil in the corner. Is there any chance of you converting it to a audio modulated tesla coil in the future?
Wow that's a lot of horses. Did you hear 500 foot candles lol
How would the current change if you decrease the distance between plates ? In the lead acid batteries for example, the plates are literally pressed into each other having separator between them, would a porous separator wet with NaOh electrolyte & two plates squeezed on it make a different amount of current? Please make a video on it, with different electrolytes, possibly one with Copper oxide powder added into electrolyte...... please!
Can you do a video on making a high voltage boost converter? That would be cool
Make the sun tracking Arduino and have it charge a car battery box with a bunch of different plugs or make a super long lasting solar powered radio
super explain in this video
I don't know if it is because I changed my computer screen to a larger one, but i think your head it's to close to the camera and maybe it would look better if you get it a little far away. By the way very interesting video
When you're talking to the camera(I dont know if it was clear)
Foot candles..? I'm a fan but I'm also a fan of SI Units.
So if u have used the correct semi conductor that your solar panel would have been alot better?
could you test how long the panel lasts ie its degradation after many hours in sunlight
awesome dude, i really love ur channel.
also recently i have been trying to make a cell phone gsm jammer(ONLY for education purposes XD) , but sadly i failed.
Gotta get some Sheldon Cooperous Oxide.
Really nice! :)
Please make a fusor reactor with cody
Thanks for liking my comment! I am big fan of both you and codys channel and love your guys content. But ever since codys Heavy Water video, I have been waiting for a fusor reactor video. Now I find out he is not only making a reactor video, but two of my favorite youtubers are collaborating, im beyond excited.
Thanks! I’m pretty exited too :D
Don't do the Arduino idea. if you look it up the Sun and the wind move in the same direction. If you have ever seen one of those rooster things on the top of a barn, they always move the same direction as the wind
hold up ? "candles" ? when you're measuring light, isn't it candela ?
yo dude where have u been? haven't seen a vid of yours in a long time
excelente amigo
I have a question, if you used the solar panel and combined it with an ion thruster, but not using copper. Instead using tungsten, amplified the e- field using parallel capacitors. Get a drone made of carbon fiber, could you theoretically create a self sustaining RC drone that would never need batteries?
get a second panel and build a small trailer with a car battery and recharging electronics that can be pulled by a selfmade ebike. 200w watts should be more than enough for a electric vehicle
Can you use gamma rays to make solar panels work and wouldn't that make more electrical voltage or current.
If you made that panel flat black you'd get more foot candles out of it. It would be more absorbant.
While making a ZVS driver is it safe to use IRFZ44N instead of IRFP260N?
I have one issue with this video!
Sponsors should be demonstrated at the very beginning of the video.
Can you show us how to build a homemade nuclear reactor to supplement these solar panels?
But can I put it on my drive way and use the energy to melt the snow?
Power the arduino tracker and a website with raspberry pi!
I'd like to see a solar hydrogen generator.
What? Out of phase addition of energy to a harmonic oscillator gets it wet? What a strange thing to claim.
This is a good project... but I have been thinking of making my own silicon based solar cell. It will be really hard though.
You should have got down to the quantum mechanics
100th view, yay^^ still love the videos;)
thanks sky george! you have been around for a while :)
hey i have one question my zvs driver is not working too well i have hv ( around 25kv at 9volts and 7amps) but i dont have plasma like you had and it heats up very fast and if i go over 9 v it stops working and it heats up a lot do you konw what it could be or anybody else
Plz make a more efficient solar panel(5 watts will be enough) with home ingredient. I cant find a copper plate easily.
I don't know if it is possible (that's why i'm asking) but could you try to measure the maximum voltage and/or ampere when used as an diode(if possible)
Nate if you're reading this I haven't challenged you officially in one vid because my camera broke and my challenge to you is to make a super cap or graphene with only things in your home I will officially challenge you later this month
Where did you learn all of this stuff? I’d love to learn too! And on a scale of 1 to 10, how hard would you say it is?
We’re still waiting for a coil gun
Will it radiate uv when u power it ?
What if the copper is like paper thin
foot-candles :D
Make a tesla coil video
7:43 it's 258×10^-9 m (not nm)
Otherwise brillant ideas thank's !
How about you throw some capacitors in line with your homemade copper plate solar panels
You have a blue African-type of Nikola Tesla and a green negative image type of Albert Einstein on the wall behind you?
apparently LED's are better at being solar panels.
Hello all. I’m getting into hobby electronics and I tend to open and leave around old circuit boards around my home, I was wondering if these boards contain harmful amounts of lead and if they pose a risk to my pets or family members, have a good day.
ElEcTrO KidZ Z no, not unless there licking it
Will you do the same experiment with different metals? Aluminum and copper. Steel and copper. Aluminum and steel. Zinc and copper. Aluminum and zinc. And so on and so forth.
Best material is silicon.
redstone craft guy but is there also small strips of metal leeds of copper in a silicon solar panel that runs in a pattern that catches the electrons released by the silicon? Than is used as a conductor to transport or deliver the electrons to the wire leeds and to the power cell or battery? Or am I wrong?
Oh yeah, love your videos. Your a very good instructor and very smart.
Jerry Guerra the first one is correct, a conducter like copper catches the electron released by silicon.
Nice
Love you videos! But ya lost me at 10 to the -9t... My bad