A look into the life of a gamer/programmer and world travler.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

NEW wind power generator NONE turbine

This has to be one of the coolest new forms of making power from the wind.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1214137061/bctid1233395616

Make your own Solar Panel day

Today I thought i'd try my hand at building my own Solar Panel.
1st I had to get some solar cells. I looked around web sites and checked companies but in the end Ebay won out as the cheapest way. For my 1st try I thought i'd go easy and do a 35 watt panel. The picture above shows the full set of cells I won for $40 . The next step is getting them connected and placed in some kind of frame. I'll update ya on that when I get the tabbing and whatever I use for a frame and covering ( Glass/plastic etc...) .
It's gonna be a fun project :)