The solar panel has worked great for me for the past month. You can do some repositioning and make certain that each cell is well pressed into the backing. Pull up the backing, hopefully with the cells stuck on, and flip it over. The cells are in danger of breaking in the step, so be gentle but firm. Hold the backing over the cells and, using the template outline as a guide, gently press the backing onto the cells. You want enough to adhese the cells to the backing, but not enough to squirt out the sides, nor so much that the cells end up sitting up high off the backing-they need to be close against the backing to fit well under the plastic cover. Apply a dab of adhesive about the size of a nickel to the back of each cell. Leave enough space on all sides to attach the clear plastic cover and for the two wires that will be soldered to the cells. Carefully slide the template under the solar cells and position them within the outline as you want them mounted on the backing. The outline will be used to position the cells onto the backing. Using a blank piece of paper, create a template by tracing the outline of the backing constructed in step 6 onto the piece of paper. The inspiration for mounting the cells comes from I couldn't find any other resources on the internet with details for creating your own solar panels, but there must be something out there. A blocking diode prevents battery discharge. To better protect the cells I glued them to the backing board and covered them with a clear plastic sheet.
My solution to these problems was increase flexibility by charging two AA batteries instead of the cell phone and to put the charged batteries into the Minty Boost to charge the phone. Finally, because the circuit could run in either direction (no blocking diode), the cell phone battery would discharge to the panel when the was no light. Third, the cells got dirty and one broke. Second, when I wanted to receive calls the phone was often outside charging while I was inside. First, I found that I needed to charge the phone when the sun wasn't shining. That generated enough electricity to directly charge my cell phone.
#DIY SOLAR PANEL LIGHT SERIES#
For my first panel I connected nine cells in series and very simply mounted them on a board with no cover. My original goal was to use several small 1"x3" solar cells I'd purchased a year ago to charge my cell phone.
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