Photovoltaic Cells For Sale – Inexpensive PV Cells For Solar Panels
Reducing Your DIY Solar Array Cost
If you are making a DIY home solar panel system, one of the biggest expenses of your project would be the solar cells. How many solar cells do you need?
The number of Photovoltaic (PV) cells needed will depend on the size of the solar panel. If you have a large solar panel, you would need more solar cells to cover the surface area.
There are many ways to reduce your solar energy project cost. You can save a couple of hundred dollars here and there if you are will to do some preliminary work.
Would you like to know where to find cheap solar cells for your home solar power system? There is one place on the internet that you can get cheap PV cells, but as I’ve mentioned earlier, you have to do some work. You can find cheap solar cells at eBay.
eBay is the largest auction site on the web. There are literally millions of people trading stuffs within the portal. That would include people that want to get rid of their excess solar cells.
Here’s the catch. Not all of the PV cells are in good working condition. Some may even be broken or cracked. The work that you have to do is going through all the listings of solar cells in eBay.
Finding Cheap Solar Cells on eBay
Here’s what you need to do to get cheap solar cells from eBay. First, go to eBay main web site at www.ebay.com. Next, type in “solar cells” on the search box on the top left. Click on the “Search” button. eBay search engine will now list all the PV cells on sale or up for auction.
Go through all of the offers and auction to find the one which best suit your requirement. When you’ve find the right deal, you can start to make your bid or offer. But before you do so, you have to get an account with eBay. It’s a pretty simple process.
When you’ve found the right offer for inexpensive solar cells, now is the time to be prudent. Make sure the listing price is inclusive of transport charges which will be quite expensive.
Have the seller guarantee the PV cells condition for 30 days. If the cells are any good, they will do this for you to make the sale. When you receive the shipment, make sure you check all the solar cells for cracks.
Here’s a tip that you can use. To find good offers, make sure you do a search for cheap solar cells on eBay at least twice a week. Many people are coming into eBay to sell solar panels or kit. You want to be on a constant lookout for these kind of deals.
Cheap Solar Cells Listing on eBay
DIY Home Solar Cost Saving Tips
Looking for more tips and tricks to save cost on a Do It Yourself (DIY) home solar power system? If you are, check out John Russel’s Power4Home guide book. I actually learn the strategy above from the Power4Home manual. For more information on Power4Home, click on the link below.
I second everything bill said.
Lets do some math here assuming a $200 solar panel making 75 watts is all you need. 75 watts x 8 hours a day x 365 days a year = 219 kw-hrs a year.
Now my utility company charges $0.11 per kw-hr. So, 219 x 0.11 = $24 a year. And, $200/$24 = over 8 years payback!! So the hard facts show a ideal $200 system will save you 24/12 = $2 whole dollars a month!! I love how he mentions powering appliances with the system. It only puts out enough power for one light bulb at peak times. People need to get a clue about renewable energy.
I am not doing this to save electric bill costs, per se. I don’t want to rely on the utilities (ie: government) to control my existence. I also want to be self reliant and manage my costs without a multitude of fees and taxes added to my bill and huge future increases. Finally, if I buy a complete installed system here, I will pay about $12,000 in this area. I can do it for $2000 and still get rebates and tax credits. The payback, to me, is the assurance that no one is going to shut me off!
I am with the fellow above. In 2012 there are supposed to be solar flares so most scientists and NASA agree that it could knock all electric grids off for a long long time. this is just a step in maybe being self reliant. I hope this doesn’t happen but if it does I’d like to have my own power even if it were for a limited amount of time per day. everything I own and operate just about is electric except the gas heat and i do have some electrical energy efficient heaters and the water is gas and the stove is electric. I am electrically inclined. I will be lost without my internet if this happens and noone has electricity. I am having a hard time finding cheap photovoltaic cells to build my own grid with. If I don’t find those I will be sunk, but for now I am looking. I also intend to put in a wind turbine because the wind picks up when the sun goes down. If I can find cheap cells I’ll be in heaven! That would be a good business for someone to go into if they could sell them cheaper than anyone else! HInt Hint all you people out of work. Start building diy solar and wind energy needs. I bet you if I get mine up I will influence 100 others to do the same. They’ll know if she can do it I can do it; Anything you can do to be more self reliant is a good thing. I’m doing insulation as well windows and walls.