PV Gap

Franklin Said:

why all solar panels must transmit energy to a battery first?

We Answered:

Actually it is not a must.

What happens is that most of the time the voltage/current output of a solar panels is not suitable for most devices (most devices at home use AC power and solar panel produces only DC power) or you need a stable source of energy (available all the time) which you can not get with only a solar panel which output depends on the solar light (unstable power source ).

If you get suitable devices (you can get them in some stores) for solar panels and you do not need a stable power source, you can use solar panels directly, for example, in remote places in normal to use solar panels without batteries to pumps water whenever there is sunlight, the pump has to be a suitable one for solar panel power.

Cory Said:

Are solar panels a good idea in the first place?

We Answered:

sounds like you need geo-thermal

Colleen Said:

I just hooked up my first solar panel today...?

We Answered:

A small solar panel can power a small light but if the sun is shining I don't need the light.

I'd use it to keep the batteries on my tracktor and extra cars topped off.

Tanya Said:

Who created the first solar panel?

We Answered:

No solar panel creates energy. The earliest solar panel of any form was probably the parabolic mirror as used, for example, to light the Olympic torch. That goes back to ancient times.