Emily Flynn
New Member
Hi!
As part of a college project I want to be able to demonstrate solar energy to kids using a mini solar panel. I have attached a little sketch so you get an idea of what I want to do.
The solar panel is about 100mm x 70mm and will generate only just over 1V when stuck in front of any of the halogen lights in my house including 800W heater. I have a little motor I want to use the panel to power, and it will work up to about 150mm away from a halogen bulb.
Now the thing is, to create the illusion of solar power, I want to make a little sun shaped object with some bulbs fitted into it and I'd prefer it to be battery powered, but I am gathering this is going to be tricky as I don't want to have to use one of those big chunky batteries.
Any ideas on how I could go about this?
Thanks in advance
Emily
As part of a college project I want to be able to demonstrate solar energy to kids using a mini solar panel. I have attached a little sketch so you get an idea of what I want to do.
The solar panel is about 100mm x 70mm and will generate only just over 1V when stuck in front of any of the halogen lights in my house including 800W heater. I have a little motor I want to use the panel to power, and it will work up to about 150mm away from a halogen bulb.
Now the thing is, to create the illusion of solar power, I want to make a little sun shaped object with some bulbs fitted into it and I'd prefer it to be battery powered, but I am gathering this is going to be tricky as I don't want to have to use one of those big chunky batteries.
Any ideas on how I could go about this?
Thanks in advance
Emily