Steps To Putting Together A Solar Panel Frame

With a solar panel kit you put together yourself it s possible to slash the cost of solar water heating and still retain store bought quality.

Steps to putting together a solar panel frame.

Perhaps you ve purchased your first solar panel and you don t want to pay a pricey contractor to install it for you. I used tabbing wire with a soldering iron to connect the solar cells together. We ve outlined the five step solar panel installation guide below. In this project the panels were attached with simple u brackets.

You re a handyperson capable with a tool belt well versed with the hammer nail screwdriver and drill. For my panel i had 3 strings of solar cells. The u brackets attached the solar panel frame to the rack. The first step to getting your solar system installed.

The bus wire goes at the end of the strings to create one long string however curled up in a way like a snake. To connect those strings of solar cells i used what is called a bus wire. This frame was assembled mostly of c50 and c51 parts which allow the angel of the pipe to be adjusted. Assemble the frame structure.

Solar panels are somewhat costly to buy but once you ve purchased the panels and installed them the money you will save in the long run will become exponentially greater as energy prices increase.