Hey, does this msg show up where its supposed to?

Damon

Hoping it will show up in the Notes section, but could be somewhere else..

We'll see  what happens

ANSWER: The short answer is No.  Almost all solar panels, either commercially made or ones that are built from scratch produce “Direct Current” or DC, for short.  The vast majority of devices such as laptops, stereo’s, chargers for iphones, shavers, cameras, etc, etc all take electricity in the form of “Alternating Current” or AC.  The electricity from a solar panel must be converted from DC to AC in order to be utilized.  This is the job of an Inverter.  Solar panels are starting to come out with  “microinverters” built in, but this is a discussion for another post…

For those interested in building homemade solar panels, here is a complete Step by Step write-up, complete with pics and helpful tips...

http://mysearchforsolarpower.com/how-to-build-solar-panels-cost-effectively/

Enjoy!

Hey, for those who are on Facebook and are interested in sharing tips and useful information, we've created a new DIY Solar Power group.  We'll be posting the same great posts from our blog, straight to the new Facebook group page..

To Join the new group, just click DIY Solar Power Facebook group

http://budurl.com/anh2

http://budurl.com/anh2

This will hopefully let me post great content to several places quickly...we'll be doing some tests to see how the new service works.

Stay tuned...

Damon