Soda Solar Panel

This tutorial shows you how to take used soda cans and turn them into solar panels.

Soda solar panel.

Assemble and prep your cans. Plus it can help you to become more self sustained too. Over at hemmings daily you can see how to create your own free heat using custom made soda can solar panels. A simple soda can panel relies on natural convection hot air rises to move the air.

Here is a list of materials you will need for this project. Cold air is drawn in through the bottom of the panel and up through the cans where the air is heated by the sun. Next make a wood or metal frame to hold your makeshift solar panel cells soda cans in place. Thank you so much vanessa for sending this article over to me.

Spray paint the frame back panel and cans black. The back side of your diy panel can be wood or metal. This is to help them absorb and conduct heat better. Plywood 15mm 0 6in or sheet metal to make the frame.

You ll need a large sheet of glass for the front. Matte black spray paint. Using scrap parts and empty soda cans you can create a solar panel capable of heating a small area. With some 2x4s and plywood you create a simple box to house the cans.

Here s how it s done. Conventional solar panels contain photovoltaic cells that use materials such as silicon to convert energy from sunlight into electricity. While soda cans can t convert sunlight to electrical power they can be used to capture solar energy to heat air.