www.greenpowerscience.com This is a rollable 124 watt solar panel that has a built in adhesive for roof mounting application. The adhesive is designed to mount to roof pans or metal sheets that can then be placed on your roof. This design allows for reasonable shipping of higher wattage PV Photovoltaic Solar Panels.
a 1954 farmall tractor converted to solar by running the motor through the power takeoff- everything is still origional. Check out more- John Howe 298 McIntire Rd. Waterford, Me 04088
50 Responses
very very cool!!!!!!
@roikings83 yes
I’ve just purchased one of these a 124 Watt Uni Solar for emergency power – I’m am thinking about using it to charge 4 x 6 volt or 2 x 12 volt sealed batteries but would like your recommendations on batteries as far as Ah – I can buy a 6 volt 12.5 Ah or 2.8 Ah etc – I guess I’m a bit mystified as to the Ah’s I should be looking at lower or higher for this panel?
where can i buy this?
@rasmasyean Seriously though, I’m all about helping, including educating those ignorant of certain facts. You should spend about 30 minutes reading up on Solar energy and Photovoltaics before presenting your uneducated assumptions on the technology for all to see.
@rasmasyean Thats because it was not in the interest of the corporate entities who had a hand in keeping it from seeing the light of day by locking patents and purposely NOT exploring it’s usefulness when it was first discovered. Yes, Cars are dangerous and the only reason we still have them is because of the need for the oil companies to make the last possible dollar off of their resource before “selling up” solar as a viable alternative. Ultimately, I am sorry you feel that way.
@TronixGuy93 Actually, the efficiency of solar technology has been so small for the “past 25+ years” that it was practical for just niches. Cars are “dangerous” too. But we put up with drunk/sleepy driving, random accidents, which kill and ruined many more lives than nuclear…where your chance of being killed by is less than flying in an airplane, which is so small. It’s only after the advancement’s of nanotechnology that we are able to make it “more” practical. Nice conspiracy theory tho.
@TronixGuy93 i.e. Maximize profitability over efficiency.
@rasmasyean Since solar energy has gone to waste, the past 25+ years, of course it’s not going to be fit into a standard. It directly competes with the current ones. We are so wasteful it was necessary to optimize output with AC/DC power standards as determined by power companies and battery companies. Solar power is SO much more efficient and cost effective that it outperforms EVERY other common power source we use today the exception being nuclear, which is VERY unsafe of course.
Solar Penny – Best Prices on Solar Panels SolarPenny . com
@GREENPOWERSCIENCE That’s why you use a charge controller on a panel like this. You don’t usually hook up directly to the batteries, you put a charge controller in between the panel and the battery so that no matter what the panel is outputting, the batteries do not get overcharged and ruined (they’ll literally ‘boil out’ if they are lead acid batteries).
Btw, I bought these same panels about 5 years ago (when they were close to $1000 each!) and put them on my vehicle roof. They work great!
hello mr dan rojas
i need your help asap trying to set up a grid tie to my home but when i call these com[panies they wanna rip my arm off please try to email me and i will give a number so u can call i really need some heavy insite with this thank yoyu in advance mark markrodz10@gmail.com
I got a handicap persons car with a 12 volt and 75amp battery.
I need to use something like this to keep the battery charged so my uncle can stay remote with his car due to mobility issues.
The car itself has a roof top so i can mount it up there i guess but how can i calculate how much wattage is needed from that flexible panel?
Also will i need something to stop the battery from overcharging?
Can someone help out?
My uncle lost his leg and i need to give him a gift of that sort.
Dan, I’m looking to use the Uni-Solar PVL-136 to add electricity to a house in Sub-Saharan Africa. I know the panel is 15.5″ tall, but I don’t have any idea of how wide it is when rolled up. Can you give me an idea of it’s size when rolled up? Would it fit in a large suitcase?
Also, where do you get your inverter cables? Any recommendations? I’m looking at 2 Conductor 8AWG ($1.75/ft).
If i were to cover my workshop shed with this material , will it be able to run a 24 Litre compressor?
I just tried this, and my inverter kept faulting. Thank you for the solution tip for that, in covering the panels. I hope that works!!!
@rasmasyean 24 volt charging or 2x battery series.
Also any gti 28v-55v
I wonder, have you tried putting two inverters in series? In theory, maybe, that would give each inverter half the voltage.
Those thin-film solar panels are manufactured by Uni-Solar Ovonics, a subsidiary of the Detroit, Michigan company Energy Conversion Devices. Ticker symbol ENER
uni-solar. com/products/
Thin is In!
What exactly is it designed for @ 42 Volts? That doesn’t sound like a common rating on devices? Or is it specifically meant for some type of OEM applications?
Can you “mod” it to say do a couple of sections in parralel to lower the voltage while still harnessing the wattage by increasing the current output instead of covering part of the pannel?
where did you buy this?.. i need a supplier, please….
hi were do you buy this flexible solar panel
I live in a 37ft long winnabago and I could use something like that. Can it power a AC unit and a microwave? And did you say that it cost 300$ for shipping alone?
These Panels Work really good, on top of a solar water heater grid. This absorbs the heat from the panel and heats water in the line, also works great on Mineral Oil heater systems….
Hello to all Green People!
I myself live in Greece and own a 100kwh PhotoVoltaic power plant plus I’ve also installed Panels on my roof (10kwh) From my experience ALL types of solar panels an film need to have space all around the panels in order for them to be cooled by the wind. There is a big difference in their production of power. FACT, Solar panels work at full potential with clear skies and cool steady breeze. Hot sun alone is not enough ! Hope I was helpful.
This is where “inovate or die” comes into play :)
3K per panel. Stop smoking that good shit. Solar is at 2 to 3 dollars per watt in single quantities. Pallets get you down to 1.50 per watt.
Energy sources without the need for fuel or energy input exist ,But a few ppl make too many billions from our energy needs to let this technology be known,Find this technology at LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM ,Join the energy revolution!
This is why Europeans will always be one step ahead. This is why the USA will always prevail.
3000.00 per panel? BULLSHIT, someone slap that reporter. Those panels are 400.00 each, toss in 150 for a charge controller, 1500.00 in batteries, a curtis controller, and a warp 9 motor, for around 3000.00
Why put all of that on an old POS, people wont take it serious until its on something modern.
grosso
whats he use to lube it? lol But great idea big companys should be making these.
NASA has proven there is enough energy locked up in a teacup full of air to boil away the oceans. A sensible tractor would utilize the energy at hand instead of digging and pumping oil from another country, for Christ’s sake. At least use natural gas from America.
pentanee we will never become oil free until it runs out and even thanwe humans will find a way to engineer it ours selves
Altairnano batteries can even recharge in 10 min
bon pour bricoler
Looks like the ICE engine is still on his tractor, sounds like it too. Also, going slow with an EV is easy, it is getting it on the highway that is hard.
Actually the tractor doesn’t run directly off the panels, it runs off batteries. Those panels don’t produce enough power to run the tractor alone. Looks like around 1kw total of panels. That tractor would require at the very least 10-15kw continuous power.
Its cheaper with Nanosolar’s cells. We should make this the law, immediately. The oil companies will fight this, tooth and nail, behind the scenes, of course. We should not rest till it is the law.
Direct qoute “fossil fuel, fossil energy is so cheap”. Not anymore! His idea could actually catch on.
Awsome ! I had read about doing this in my Mother Earth News. Great to see someone actually doing this ! Now if you just add g.p.s. you wouldn’t need an operator.
great iniative, although I think we
have to rely on the petroldriven tractors
until the electric powered ones
get more effective.
He was smart and did it before the market demanded it, our farmers should all have this power incorporated into their farming equipment to keep them going without the cost of fuel bankrupting them
thanks
one word- Batteries!
what does he do when the sun dont shine
“We farm 5000 acres in ks. so it would take 5 years to farm it once. well never work”
Well, it wouldn´t work with 5 solar cells
on the rooftop of your tractor, but with
20 cells or/and an additional windmill
it would work. And yes, it would be more a
70000 $ project than a 7000 $ project.
But what is the cost for a new
conventional tractor and fuel over 10 years ?
Probably more than 70 000 $.
Some states pay half of the cost.
What is it with Naysayers? “Will never work” brainless statement! It’s a 1950s tractor, not exactly a study in lightweight materials. In the Solar car race across Australia the cars travel at over 100kph all day running off a 1.8kw solar array.
THis tractor was never intended to be used on a large industrial farm. This unit was ment to do the work of a horse powered farm without the horse. Tis’ much better than doing it by hand eh?