where to buy solar cells for less?

Question

i love this new idea of harvesting power form sun.
does any one know where to buy some cheap solar panels
iplaning to charge my car batteries and transforming it form dc to ac - or as needed- for use in my house

Answer 1

EBay I find my best deals there sometimes you can get them not even half the price . They don't all have to be the same size and they are very easy to hook up yourself just do a little studying up on them you don't have to be a rocket scientist your only dealing with a 12 volt system

Answer 2

Realy it is a very very old idea. Systems are still in use from over 50 years ago.

Here is some pretty low cost thin film solar panels bout 80 bucks off. http://store.oynot.com/kak6060wasop.html

The only problem I find with buying from Ebay is that you normally can only get one. Normally if there are two of them you have to out bid someone for the second one. Or it is a store putting out a teaser to get you locked in to a product they have. Then if you want a second one guess what.. Yup full price.
Or you can't ever find a second because you bought a used item that was made 10 or more years ago and have been upgraded to something else.

And one last thing to watch for on Ebay is. To hook a solar panel on to your home it has to be UL listed. A lot of cheap solar panels are not. Or they are blimished or scrapped and then put on Ebay by someone that bought the scrap.

Watch what you buy from ebay. If the price is very low you might take a wild guess why.

Answer 3

I dont know what state you live in but, if you have a "T.S.C.'', tractor supply company then they sell small units there. Or you might check your local farm store. They sell ones that charge your car batteries, & have bigger ones for homes as well.

Answer 4

Look for this online on a google search and see where the lowest prices are offered.

Answer 5

I don't know if this is cheap, but here is an online seller.