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 :)