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Hardware support => General topics => Topic started by: kni on October 06, 2017, 10:35:03 AM

Title: Mounting examples of a bare solar cell
Post by: kni on October 06, 2017, 10:35:03 AM
To my surprise, I was not able to find any good examples on the Internets, showing how to mount a bare solar panel, without using string & duct tape (no offense, string & duct tape users). If you have been down this path before, would you mind sharing your experience? Photos are preferred.

As you can see from the attached photo, I did come up with a solution. The angle is not adjustable, however, and the cell is permanently epoxied to the conduit LB, which has been cut into a wedge. That's not a show stopper for this particular project, but I'm looking for ways to possibly do it better for any future projects.






Title: Re: Mounting examples of a bare solar cell
Post by: TomWS on October 08, 2017, 07:52:36 AM
There are quite a few examples on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/tag:solar_panel

Tom
Title: Re: Mounting examples of a bare solar cell
Post by: kni on October 08, 2017, 08:48:29 AM
Excellent, Thanks!
Title: Re: Mounting examples of a bare solar cell
Post by: syrinxtech on October 09, 2017, 08:52:05 PM
kni,

Here is one way....similar to yours.  We hot glued the solar cell to the top of the box, along with 4 nuts/bolts.