How do I get Inverter Circuit? How do I build Solar Cells?
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Get someone esle to do the damn dirty work for you!
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Inverters from multiple companies:\n\n    *  Exeltech\n    * Fronius\n    * Heart Interface\n    * Invertek\n    * Magnum Energy\n    * Outback Power Systems\n    * Powertek\n    * Prosine\n    * Samlex\n    * SMA\n    * Xantrex\n    * Preassembled Power Panels \n\nhttp://www.wholesalesolar.com/inverters.html
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Try these sites. Some have better explanations than others.\n\nSwitching and inverters: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/trancirc.htm\nAmplifiers: http://www.tpub.com/neets/book7/25c.htm\nLogic gates: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html
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The first step to energy independance is to reduce to an absolute minimum.  Having electric wires coming into our homes, we have become used to unlimited energy availability.  Find ways to maximize efficiency and minimize the amount of energy required.\n\nThe only reasonable budget I've seen from someone installing a full off grid system was in a house which was far from the existing power lines.  The cost to run poles and wires was on the order of $15000.  That immediately created an option for solar / wind and off grid independance.  The home owner installed solar panels for heat and battery charging.  A wind turbine supplemented the photovoltaic system.  He budgeted energy consumption and purchased very efficient appliances.  In the end his total energy created was just slightly over calculated requirements.\n\nIf you are entering this project with dreams of living forever with free unlimited electricity you will be sadly disappointed.  The equipment and installation is expensive.  The amount of energy being created is greatly limited and you will have to cut back greatly.  You will learn not to leave the television on with no one in the room.  No more lights on in every room either.\n\nIt is a very positive project, and absolutely worthwhile.  I'm working on a small wind turbine project.  It will consist of a 800 watt generator mounted on top of an 80 foot guyed tower.  Right now it's tied up in municipal permits and other nonsense.  In the end I hope to generate about 10% of my household electrical requirements.  Payback time, assuming no downtime, maintenance or repairs will be about 12 years.  Clearly it is not a money saving investment.  I view it as a hobby to learn with and explore.  I could blow an equal amount of money in a few months on cigarettes or beer and have nothing to show for it in the end.  My justification for the money spent is to have fun with it.\n\nHave a look at the project as it has proceeded so far.  I have the wiring diagram, charge controller circuit, pictures of foundations, and so on online.  Contact information is there as well.\n\nhttp://members.rennlist.org/warren/wind.html\n\nGood luck with your project!
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Solar cells convert the solar energy into elctricity and this electrical energy can be used for cooling
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The current rating on the battery is higher than the solar cell.  You need to add solar cells in parallel in order to boost you amp load.
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(m)\n\nMake a solar cell in your kitchen\n\nWe found this article on http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/echem2.html \n\nIt was super, super, super cool, so we thank them for allowing us to post it at TheSolarPlan.com!  This is nifty!\n\nA solar cell is a device for converting energy from the sun into electricity. The high-efficiency solar cells you can buy at Radio Shack and other stores are made from highly processed silicon, and require huge factories, high temperatures, vacuum equipment, and lots of money. \n\nIf we are willing to sacrifice efficiency for the ability to make our own solar cells in the kitchen out of materials from the neighborhood hardware store, we can demonstrate a working solar cell in about an hour. \n \nOur solar cell is made from cuprous oxide instead of silicon. Cuprous oxide is one of the first materials known to display the photoelectric effect, in which light causes electricity to flow in a material. \n\nThinking about how to explain the photoelectric effect is what led Albert Einstein to the Nobel prize for physics, and to the theory of relativity.\n\nMaterials you will need \n\nThe solar cell is made from these materials: \nA sheet of copper flashing from the hardware store. This normally costs about $5.00 per square foot. We will need about half a square foot. \nTwo alligator clip leads. \nA sensitive micro-ammeter that can read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes. Radio Shack sells small LCD multimeters that will do, but I used a small surplus meter with a needle. \nAn electric stove. My kitchen stove is gas, so I bought a small one-burner electric hotplate for about $25. The little 700 watt burners probably won't work -- mine is 1100 watts, so the burner gets red hot. \nA large clear plastic bottle off of which you can cut the top. I used a 2 liter spring water bottle. A large mouth glass jar will also work. \nTable salt. We will want a couple tablespoons of salt. \nTap water. \nSand paper or a wire brush on an electric drill. \nSheet metal shears for cutting the copper sheet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to build the solar cell \n\nMy burner looks like this: \n\nThe first step is to cut a piece of the copper sheeting that is about the size of the burner on the stove. Wash your hands so they don't have any grease or oil on them. Then wash the copper sheet with soap or cleanser to get any oil or grease off of it. Use the sandpaper or wire brush to thoroughly clean the copper sheeting, so that any sulphide or other light corrosion is removed. \n\nNext, place the cleaned and dried copper sheet on the burner and turn the burner to its highest setting. \n\nAs the copper starts to heat up, you will see beautiful oxidation patterns begin to form. Oranges, purples, and reds will cover the copper. \n\n\nAs the copper gets hotter, the colors are replaced with a black coating of cupric oxide. This is not the oxide we want, but it will flake off later, showing the reds, oranges, pinks, and purples of the cuprous oxide layer underneath. \n\n\n\nThe last bits of color disappear as the burner starts to glow red. \n\nWhen the burner is glowing red-hot, the sheet of copper will be coated with a black cupric oxide coat. Let it cook for a half an hour, so the black coating will be thick. This is important, since a thick coating will flake off nicely, while a thin coat will stay stuck to the copper. \n\n\nAfter the half hour of cooking, turn off the burner. Leave the hot copper on the burner to cool slowly. If you cool it too quickly, the black oxide will stay stuck to the copper. \n\nAs the copper cools, it shrinks. The black cupric oxide also shrinks. But they shrink at different rates, which makes the black cupric oxide flake off. \n\n\nThe little black flakes pop off the copper with enough force to make them fly a few inches. This means a little more cleaning effort around the stove, but it is fun to watch. \n\n\nWhen the copper has cooled to room temperature (this takes about 20 minutes), most of
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there are micro chips you can get that you can use to make a ide 2 usb cable but then you still have to build a power supply for 12 and 5 volt supply and you would be better off getting the ide 2 usb then trying to do micro circuits and then the static and making the circuit board basically you almost need to go to devry or MIT to learn how to do it so make it easy on yourself and buy it
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A solar cell (or a "photovoltaic" cell) is a semiconductor device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. In general a solar cell that includes both solar and non-solar sources of light (such as photons from incandescent bulbs) is termed a photovoltaic cell. Fundamentally, the device needs to fulfill only two functions: photogeneration of charge carriers (electrons and holes) in a light-absorbing material, and separation of the charge carriers to a conductive contact that will transmit the electricity. This conversion is called the photovoltaic effect, and the field of research related to solar cells is known as photovoltaics.\n\nSolar cells have many applications. Historically solar cells have been used in situations where electrical power from the grid is unavailable, such as in remote area power systems, Earth orbiting satellites, consumer systems, e.g. handheld calculators or wrist watches, remote radiotelephones and water pumping applications. Recently solar cells are particularly used in assemblies of solar modules (photovoltaic arrays) connected to the electricity grid through an inverter, often in combination with a net metering arrangement.\n\nSolar cells are regarded as one of the key technologies towards a sustainable energy supply.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree generations of development\n\n[edit] First\nThe first generation photovoltaic, consists of a large-area, single layer p-n junction diode, which is capable of generating usable electrical energy from light sources with the wavelengths of solar light. These cells are typically made using silicon wafer. First generation photovoltaic cells (also known as silicon wafer-based solar cells) are the dominant technology in the commercial production of solar cells, accounting for more than 86% of the solar cell market.\n\n\n[edit] Second\nThe second generation of photovoltaic materials is based on the use of thin-film deposits of semiconductors. These devices were initially designed to be high-efficiency, multiple junction photovoltaic cells. Later, the advantage of using a thin-film of material was noted, reducing the mass of material required for cell design. This contributed to a prediction of greatly reduced costs for thin film solar cells. However, most of the assembly costs for depositing thin film solar cells are still significantly higher than for bulk silicon technologies. Another advantage of the reduced mass is that less support is needed when placing panels on rooftops and it allows fitting panels on light materials, even textiles.\n\n\n[edit] Third\nThird generation photovoltaics are very different from the other two, broadly defined as semiconductor devices which do not rely on a traditional p-n junction to separate photogenerated charge carriers. These new devices include photoelectrochemical cells, Polymer solar cells, and nanocrystal solar cells.\n\n\n[edit] History\nMain article: Timeline of solar cells\nThe term "photovoltaic" comes from the Greek φώς:phos meaning "light", and the name of the Italian physicist Volta, after whom the volt (and consequently voltage) are named. It means literally of light and electricity.\n\nThe photovoltaic effect was first recognised in 1839 by French physicist Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel. However it was not until 1883 that the first solar cell was built, by Charles Fritts, who coated the semiconductor selenium with an extremely thin layer of gold to form the junctions. The device was only around 1% efficient. Russell Ohl patented the modern solar cell in 1946 (US2402662, "Light sensitive device"). Sven Ason Berglund had a prior patent concerning methods of increasing the capacity of photosensitive cells. The modern age of solar power technology arrived in 1954 when Bell Laboratories, experimenting with semiconductors, accidentally found that silicon doped with certain impurities was very sensitive to light.\n\nThis resulted in the production of the first practi
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Photovoltaic Cells require specialized semi conductors like specially treated silicon crystals.  The answer you are refering to mentioned potatos to make a battery not a photovoltaic cell.\n\nPotatos and lemons, and all fruits and vegetables for that matter, store solar energy from photosynthesis.  This however is not photovoltaic as electricity is not generated at all during photosynthesis.\n\nYou can however create batteries with copper, zinc, and a potato, lemon, or banana.  These foods contain weak electrolytes, one of the main ingredients in a battery.  Unfortunately a potato battery is very weak and much more expensive than batteries you can buy at the store.
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if you are referring to creating electricity from uv light then any standard photovoltaic panel will do the job.  Depending on what photovoltaic material you use the efficiency will change, but because much UV is fairly close to the visible spectrum most will give you decent collection.
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Solar or light can be converted into current and batteries can be made at a smaller scale. Example is, small calculators are powered by solar cells.\n\nAs for as construction of those batteries they are made of smaller cells and then smaller cells are joint with other smaller cells to make little large cells. Its very expensive to make them on commercial level thats why we are addicted to oil.\n\nCheap things sometimes don't come cheap.
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hi,\n\ntransformers you can buy for pretty cheap at any decent electronics or  hobby stores (radio shack sucks these days, but they probably still have them).  \n\nhowever you can make them really easily.  all you need is a hunk of steel or iron (some kind of rod-shaped thing would work, as would a donut-shaped loop).  take one wire and wind it around the piece of steel N times.  take another wire and wind it around a different part of the steel M times.  congratulations, you have just built a transformer that will step up/down voltages by a factor of M/N (or N/M, if you hook it up the other way.)\n\ncheers-
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PV tech is expensive and only works when the sun is shining. Not the best solution when we have a delivery infrastructure for bulk power. Don't forget about all the batteries a solar set-up needs. Where do they go when they no longer hold a charge?\n\nNuclear is the best solution.
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Diodes convert ac to dc.  You need an inverter to convert dc to ac.  That's done with a timer circuit and powerful transistors.
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There are several ways to do this:\n1. thermocouples\n2. thermionics\n3. thermophotovoltaics\netc\n4. thermal diodes
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Try these site. Good luck!\n\nhttp://www.solarbuzz.com/solarindex/CellManufacturers.htm\nhttp://www.sunpowercorp.com/home.html\nhttp://www.seia.org/members.php?page=12&sort=name\n\nYou can check out this association for leads\nhttp://www.hydro.org/home/