as an experiment.
and as a secondary aspect, I would also like to be able to store the electricity to turn on the bulb at night.
can I conduct this experiment without spending a lot of money?
can I conduct this experiment without spending a lot of money?
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You will have to buy the photovoltic cells and wire them to a low wattage and preferably clear light bulb. The battery will be a little trickier because the battery will require dc and the bulb uses ac power. I would skip the battery unless you can find a cheap converter.
If you mean make the solar panel from scratch, you can’t. It needs specialised machinery to make it.
If you mean you want to buy the solar panel and make something that will power the light bulb, buy a solar panel and a light bulb. Connect the power output from the solar panel to the light bulb and put it in the sun. Should cost less than ten quid depending on the size of the bulb and solar panel.
To store the energy, you’d need some kind of battery and charging circuit. Easy enough to make yourself, just have a search for “charging circuit”.
None of this is very expensive. I’ve just bought a solar powered, motion detecting light for the garden which cost under 30 quid. It’s got the solar panel, the light (and sensor), battery and charging circuit. I’d say this is probably the best option as everything’s done for you and it’s probably cheaper than you can make it yourself.
Just tell them that the point of a solar panel is to convert light into electricity and that it would be unethical to convert the electricity back to light.