So I am thinking about building one or two solar panels for my house and seeing just how many different household appliances I can actually power. It would be pretty cool to be able to power lights for a garden inside my house during the winter months or something of the sort. I could either get some full solar cells with chipped corners (but mostly intact) or some random broken bits of cells that would take a little more assembly (The second link below gives an example of this). There are also some pretty cool guides for solar panels on 'instructables' that track the suns movement throughout the day to collect more power.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build_a_60_Watt_Solar_Panel/

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Solar-Panel/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable_Sun_Tracking_Solar_Panel_With_A_Windup_Cl/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar_PV_tracker/

-Wes-