Conrad Course material 10025 14 years and over 10025 User Manual
Product codes
10025
Understanding and using solar energy in 20 steps
Contents
1.
Step: The preparations................................................................................................................. 1
T
HE BREADBOARD
................................................................................................................................. 1
S
OLAR MODULE
..................................................................................................................................... 2
S
OLAR MOTOR
....................................................................................................................................... 2
D
IODE
................................................................................................................................................... 2
LED
S
.................................................................................................................................................... 2
R
ESISTORS
........................................................................................................................................... 2
E
LECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS
.................................................................................................................. 3
H
OOK
-
UP WIRE
...................................................................................................................................... 3
2.
Step: Connection and functioning of the solar module............................................................ 3
C
ONNECTING THE SOLAR MODULE AT THE PATCH PANEL
.......................................................................... 3
T
HE FUNCTIONING OF THE SOLAR MODULE AND A SUITABLE LIGHT SOURCE
............................................... 4
3.
Step: Determining the polarity of the solar current .................................................................. 4
4.
Step: Using solar power directly with LEDs .............................................................................. 4
5.
Step: Series and parallel connection.......................................................................................... 5
6.
Step: Solar power with intermediate storage ............................................................................ 5
7.
Step: Solar power – high energy?............................................................................................... 6
8.
Step: Preparing the solar drive ................................................................................................... 6
9.
Step: Converting solar energy into motion................................................................................ 6
10.
Step: Solar kinetic energy with starting help ........................................................................ 7
11.
Step: Shading on the solar module – causes and effects.................................................... 7
12.
Step: Orientation of the module toward the light source..................................................... 8
13.
Step: Influence of the temperature on the solar module...................................................... 9
14.
Step: More solar energy through mirror technology............................................................ 9
15.
Step: Storing solar energy..................................................................................................... 10
16.
Step: Stored energy and mechanical energy ...................................................................... 11
17.
Step: Solar energy, charge monitoring and fuel gauge ..................................................... 11
18.
Step: Solar energy and non-return valve ............................................................................. 11
19.
Step: Charging batteries with solar energy ......................................................................... 12
20.
Step: Chemical processes with solar energy...................................................................... 12
1. Step:
The
preparations
The breadboard
With the breadboard, the experiments can be configured without a soldering iron. Also called a patch
panel, on the inside it consists of contact springs that are connected to one another in a system of
rows. The electronic components and connection wires can be repeatedly inserted in the contacts and
thus allow a circuit to be designed without soldering or screws. Connection wires pinched off
diagonally with the wire cutter make insertion easier.
The patch panel included with the educational kit has 270 contacts altogether in a 2.54 mm grid. The
230 contacts in the middle range are each connected by vertical strips in rows of five. At each edge of
the wide side there is a row with 20 contacts which are horizontally connected to a bar. These “upper”
and “lower” rows are well suited for use as power supply bars.
panel, on the inside it consists of contact springs that are connected to one another in a system of
rows. The electronic components and connection wires can be repeatedly inserted in the contacts and
thus allow a circuit to be designed without soldering or screws. Connection wires pinched off
diagonally with the wire cutter make insertion easier.
The patch panel included with the educational kit has 270 contacts altogether in a 2.54 mm grid. The
230 contacts in the middle range are each connected by vertical strips in rows of five. At each edge of
the wide side there is a row with 20 contacts which are horizontally connected to a bar. These “upper”
and “lower” rows are well suited for use as power supply bars.