New at this

[jim1234]

I'm building my own solar panels and the info I have says to connect the cells with connector wire and solder them together.
It doesn't say what kind of wire or gauge. If I went to a hardware store, what would I ask for?? What would be the best conductor?
Thanks

[Jason]

Hi Jim, welcome to Solar Panel Talk. I appreciate you joining.

you could try to google "solar cell tab wire" or tab ribbon.

looks like this:

http://www.tabribbon.com/product.sc?productId=2&categoryId=2

btw..i'm going to move this thread to the DIY section

Here are a couple more links you could check out:

http://homediysolar.com/index.html

http://www.mdpub.com/SolarPanel/index.html

[jim1234]

Thanks Jason, very helpful. I don't mind tabbing the solar cells, but I can see its easier to buy the tabbed cells, just to save a little time. Could you recommend a web site that might have some good info regarding tabbing?
Thanks

[Jason]

Hi Jim, no prob.

Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zy3ELxwdtE&feature=related

They go over tabbing the cells on your own.

If your wanting to buy tabbed cells, just look on ebay

Hope that helps!