I built two solar panels using nothing but the Internet for my research and would like to share my learning experiences as many others have done. One of the most valuable DIY resources I found was "How I Build an Electricity Producing Solar Panel. It was easy. You can do it too.". Most of what I have documented here should look quite familiar if you go to his site. The main difference between others documentation and what I'm providing here, is that mine goes into a lot of detail. My goal here was to document start to finish the dimensions and photograph every step of the way to make it easy to reproduce. I have also included a fairly detailed BOM (Bill of Materials). The most lengthy part of the whole process was waiting for the paint to dry.

For those that know me, I recently did something that I've been interested in for quite a long time. I built my own solar panels. When I first started researching how to build a solar panel, I came across http://greenpowerscience.com/. Dan Rojas has been a real inspiration for me to push forward and this video provided a lot of great hints and lessons learned. My plan here is to share the knowlege I've gained and the resources I've found to make this process easier for other do it yourselfers.