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Home Made Solar Panels

  • 06-04-2013 5:53pm
    #1
    Cork24
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    Hi All, Just wondering any one know where i could buy items to make a Solar Panel Frame..

    Looking At making 3 a Solar Panel Frame that should give 125 Watts each which will connect to a Car 12V Battery which in Turn should Light up my 3 CFL's Bulbs which are being placed into a Green House

    the CFL blubs are 125 Watts Each, am I looking at making something that once the Sun gets Dull the Lights should Kick in and when it isn't dull the Lights should turn off


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  • #2
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭homer911


    Cork24 wrote: »
    Hi All, Just wondering any one know where i could buy items to make a Solar Panel Frame..

    Looking At making 3 a Solar Panel Frame that should give 125 Watts each which will connect to a Car 12V Battery which in Turn should Light up my 3 CFL's Bulbs which are being placed into a Green House

    the CFL blubs are 125 Watts Each, am I looking at making something that once the Sun gets Dull the Lights should Kick in and when it isn't dull the Lights should turn off

    I've never known a CFO bulb to be 125 watts. Why would you want to do this anyway? Are you off grid?


  • #3
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    This won't work for long. Regular car batteries dill die if you continually cycle them from charged to flat.
    What you need are deep cycle batteries which are made for such an arrangement.

    I'm curious though, why do you want 3 cfl lights in a poly tunnel all night?


  • #4
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,310 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    homer911 wrote: »
    I've never known a CFO bulb to be 125 watts. Why would you want to do this anyway? Are you off grid?

    Sounds like a set up for growing "herbs".

    125W CFLs are usually found in grow shops.


  • #5
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Last Year When i was Growing, Nothing came up with the bad weather we had. Plus i am now looking into growing all year round, in a Glass House.
    so i would need lights in a day like today where its nothing but rain..

    My Plant Bed is now Full of Weeds i left the weeds over take the bed weeds are good for repairing soil..
    I wont be using lights on the plant bed i am growing carrots so they dont need much light.

    Its for my GreenHerbs and my Strawberries so i can grow all year round

    I'm not off Grid.. but last year with the bad weather we had, I want to start using Lights. I have heard very good results from herb Science lads in CIT that have classes in Clon.


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