JOOI, has anyone ever managed to homebrew a PV panel? I was just musing
over commercial panel cost and poor ROI, and wondering if anyone had
cooked up their own (doubtless at much-reduced efficiency compared to
commercial ones!) - there's quite a bit of stuff out there about homebrew
solar setups for water heating, and homebrew wind turbines, but I've
never seen the same for PV.

Maybe it just can't be done using materials and facilities readily
available to the DIYer?

cheers

Jules