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	<title>Comments on: How To Build A Solar Panel</title>
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		<title>By: HomemadeSolarPower</title>
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		<dc:creator>HomemadeSolarPower</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;homemadesolarpanel...&lt;/strong&gt;

I love your texts greatly. This is the reason I wish to utilize them in my paper, if it&#039;s ok for you. I am interesting in that topic. Please, say YES. I warmly many thanks....</description>
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<p>I love your texts greatly. This is the reason I wish to utilize them in my paper, if it&#8217;s ok for you. I am interesting in that topic. Please, say YES. I warmly many thanks&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Harold W.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Harold W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to know where to get the solar panels.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to know where to get the solar panels.</p>
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		<title>By: Joel Richard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joel Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The encasement design is the hardest part of this project but if done right the cost per watt should still be well below the best case $3/watt buying from china with a self-install.  

I would think hard about installing some sort of breathing membrane to allow for temperature variations.  A small opening underneath the panel going into an internalized  &quot;balloon&quot; that can expand or contract depending on the atmospheric pressure.  This will remove most of the strain on the seals.
Instead of caulking I&#039;d use roofing tar or some hybrid equivalent.  Otherwise you&#039;ll have to check at least once a year and re-caulk the panels that have broken the seal.

Mounting the solar cells to the ply-wood might break them if they are too tightly bound to the wood that will warp slightly over time.  I&#039;d use a single point mount per cell using some sort of putty/adhesive in the back/center of each cell so that movement won&#039;t break the cells (letting the remainder of the cell floating above the ply-wood).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The encasement design is the hardest part of this project but if done right the cost per watt should still be well below the best case $3/watt buying from china with a self-install.  </p>
<p>I would think hard about installing some sort of breathing membrane to allow for temperature variations.  A small opening underneath the panel going into an internalized  &#8220;balloon&#8221; that can expand or contract depending on the atmospheric pressure.  This will remove most of the strain on the seals.<br />
Instead of caulking I&#8217;d use roofing tar or some hybrid equivalent.  Otherwise you&#8217;ll have to check at least once a year and re-caulk the panels that have broken the seal.</p>
<p>Mounting the solar cells to the ply-wood might break them if they are too tightly bound to the wood that will warp slightly over time.  I&#8217;d use a single point mount per cell using some sort of putty/adhesive in the back/center of each cell so that movement won&#8217;t break the cells (letting the remainder of the cell floating above the ply-wood).</p>
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		<title>By: John Canivan</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Canivan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good post
I like the idea of building your own PV panel but I am concerned with the cost per watt and the life expectancy of solar cells mounted on plywood.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good post<br />
I like the idea of building your own PV panel but I am concerned with the cost per watt and the life expectancy of solar cells mounted on plywood.</p>
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