What do you think of this solar panel system?

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_P9XDKQP34

Answer 1

I like our solar system. However, I would like to visit the Orion Nebula and the Upsilon Andromedae solar system. Or perhaps the solar system discovered around 51 Pegasi. One would expect life, if any, to be much different than that of our solar system.

Answer 2

To start with do not do what he shows in the video it will burn your home down and could blow up very easy.

In the Video he is pumping hot air from the dryer into the battery box. That will over heat the battery and could cause what is called a thermal runaway which means it will blow up big time. Plus the fumes from the battery goes up not down and will go into the dryer putting acid on the inside of the dryer. This is bad for the people who wear the clothing and a spark from the dryer could cause the flumes to flame on.  Good way to burn down your home.

However it is a great little system to learn with. I feel he may learn the hard way.

The guy has a nice little setup which looks to be a 12 volt DC system and did not have an inverter for 120 volts which it would be too small to handle anyway.

45 watts is not very much. You could not run real lights from it for very long at all or a small fan or a tv set. It just is not big enough for nothing more then what he is using it for. A couple of 5 watt DC bulbs during a black out is about it.

I feel his battery will go bad pretty soon because 45 watts in solar modules would only be able to charge correctly a small battery. Maybe a 40 amp hour battery at most which is about a third the size of a car battery.

The unit will maintain car battery is about all. To charge a battery you have to have enough amps to make the water bubble. 45 watts is just not enough unless it is a small battery.

Answer 3

Fabricating the panels and systems consumes more energy than what it can produce but it is still a worth wile replacement of other resources.   In some situations it cannot be replaced.

I think it is good.