Do-Yourself-Solar Technologies

Dads, Inc.! Downeast Alternative Design Solar, is a non-profit, Ed. Corp. Maine, with IRS tax exempt status (donations to DADS, Inc. are tax deductable).

 *** We are raising funds during these 'lean' times to continue our efforts at the Jonesport, Maine Solar Center ! - Thanks, Dadsolar.com

Dadsolar FB link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/

 *** Please help with a tax deductible donation, thank you !

A membership program for potential full-time and time-share solar community participation is available. Contact Us !

 dadsolar.com is the web-site of downeast alternative design solar. We work in conjunction with other Maine based solar education corporations. Our purpose is ... "To promote awareness of solar energy capabilities and demonstrate appropriate alternative techniques, stressing voluntary cooperation and mutual aid, while working toward self-sufficiency and a world at peace."

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 Here for an effort to secure a future for our Grandchildren ... !  SEADS (Solar Energy Awareness & Demonstration Seminars) and the community in Washington County, Maine ... the 'Sunrise County' ... need your support to help establish the re-birth of the Solar Community Land-trust at the 60 acre property in Columbia, Maine ! The renewed effort, since the property is now fully owned and paid for, by the non-profit educational corporation SEADS of Truth, will evolve with the ideas of families and individuals, interested in a future, for the children of the community and the world ! We need funding as well as energetic effort in the re-building of the Solar-powered Seminar Center and the building of five solar homes with the families and community members. There will be a 'time-share' opportunity as well as full-time living available in this 'back-to-the-land' organic solar experience ! We have finally connected with you here today and need to allow you to take the time to think of just how you may help yourself, your family and the community ! Updates will be posted on the 'Contact Us' page, on this site. Thank you.

A new link for SEADS tax-deductible donations:https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/

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New 2020 SEEDS Open Intern Program, Columbia, Maine -              *Send inquiry to SEADS, PO Box 192, Harrington, ME 04643

Call and leave name & ph # with voicemail (207) 546-1639 for details and information on the next step ! FB page link : https://www.facebook.com/SEEDS-Maine-Intern-Program-100139324685026/?modal=admin_todo_tour

The crew at SEADS with the original focus toward Solar community, for sharing skills and to establish a land-trust, present a New 2020 Intern Program ! This Fall 2020 ... We've been through the hoops for almost 40 years ... We need your help, to get to the next step ! This Solar Intern Program is an extension of the 1981 focus, working with college interns and extended community members ! We welcome your skill-sharing and support for the future generations ! There is inspiration in a world in turmoil, we have to get together, For a Future! Thank you !



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Upcoming Events in Jonesport and Columbia, Maine

              Fall 2020 Seminar Centers                          

Downeast Solar Center

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Please contact us through the page available here - Contact Us page !

A link to our fundraising site ... FB ended our SEADS 'on-line' fundraiser, but we do still need your support. Please send comments and questions on how to donate to the effort, as well as just how you can 'get involved' with your 'Sustainable Solar Lifestyle' ! 

A new link for tax-deductible donations:https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/

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Michael Reynolds on EarthShip Biotecture and a future for the planet : (Recycle) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adfNqbrpcA8

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Isn't it time for you to 'Go Off-grid' with a D-I-Y, Solar PV system and battery backup ? Here, in Milo, Maine is the 'Hunters Camp' with 1000W solar PV, 'off-grid' system (4 Trojan, 6V RE battery bank, hidden) ... dadsolar.com and MESEA, Sept 2013 ... Try call (207) 546-1639 (Leave your name and ph # with a 'voicemail' for a 'Return Call' ) ! Thanks, Think again ! For a Future !

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SEADS 'non-profit' educational Corp. in Columbia, Maine, has refocused their energy on establishing a Community Land Trust, for a limited number of  Solar Homesteads on the 60 acre property ... !

Here, is the info from the recent brochure, featuring full time and time-share opportunities : call John, 207-546-1639(leave name & ph #) for more info !

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"Working On What's Been Spoiled" ... Sept 12, 2018 ...SEADS Greenhouse Re-build ... These following pictures are added here, as suggested by those involved, hoping to get you here as well ! The 'On-Going' effort to establish the SEADS Solar Community Land-trust, at the Columbia, Maine property, has been initiated by a grant from the source ! There will be work for you and other volunteers this fall, as well as next spring and summer. We do look forward to hearing your comments and questions regarding your donations and our work schedule ... if hard work and learning by 'making mistakes' turns you on, get in touch ! All of these photos are from Sept 12, 2018 ...Thanks, (207) 546-1639 (name & ph # w/ voicemail)

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SEADS Camp, Columbia, Maine (In need of your energy as well as rebuilding) Dec 15, 2018

Yes, it is Dec 15, 2018 ... thaw, at the SEADS Camp ... 'Working On What's Been Spoiled' !

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Update ! June 2019 'Working on What's Been Spoiled' ... SEADS Camp needs to be brought back to 'level' condition after many years of disuse and frost heaves ! Columbia, Maine.

               The warped flooring needs to be cut out and gently (if possible) removed to be re-installed,                      after the posts are replaced with new posts deep into the ground below ther floor !

A 'heaved' post (one of a few that need removal, after the floor joists have been cut to allow the post work !

Another view of the floor with a cracked support beam of roundwood. The weight from supplies on the second floor added to the extreme pressure as the post in the ground was heaved upward as the ground froze !

A limited light view of the same section of \the first floor, with the cracked beam and part of another post !

The slow work allows time to contemplate the next move ! We do need others who would like to share skills and the learning experience with the SEADS crew ! Get 'down and dirty' ... working on a future !

The picture isn't pretty, as we get to the next steps and see just how bad the situation is.

A 'close-up of the beams that are still in one piece, and the supporting beams below (which need to be replaced!

One of the 'posts' that has heaved up with concrete around it, and a cracked beam coming across.

To relieve pressure, the smaller beams must be cut and removed as necessary.

The usable materials are stacked outside, for re-use and to allow the necessary space inside for the work !

Looking at the north side of the Camp, the 'scarf' jointed perimeter lumber will allow the leveling of each side !

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Here's the link for more info on the Solar Land Trust development ... If you want to donate or participate, send comments with the form on the 'Colntact Us' page here on the dadsolar.com site ... thank you !

   The new SEADS FB fundraiser link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/

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    SEADS Solar Community Land-trust Development ... Brochure:

Have you dreamed of going ‘Back To The Land’, but don’t know how or where to start ?                                                              

There’s 60 acres on the Harrington River in Downeast Maine, waiting for a ‘Land Trust’ to be formed with like-minded folks.               

This property is already owned, free and clear, by a non-profit, solar educational corporation.    

There are structures…  a Community Seminar Center with attached Pole Barn, and a separate dwelling / guest camp, on land bounded by a river and a stream, on a paved town road.                                         

The vision is for 4 or 5 more energy-efficient solar homes, each on a ‘life-lease’ piece with shared gardens and wood lot.

Solar Community Solar Center, Columbia, Maine  

  A Community Land Trust with YOU in mind! our vision, your future, your home !

     PO Box 192, Harrington, ME 04643       (156 Sacarap Rd, Columbia, ME 04623)

   Ph: Call: (207) 546-1639 leave name & ph # (PO Box 184, Jonesport, Maine 04649)

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An update on solar industry worlwide, as we need to save the environment for the future generations -'Here Comes the Sun' - 48 min of important info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-grdspEWQ

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* A New Link for the Maine Solar Primer : On-line version, the printed copies are costly !

32 pages of interesting solar information and do-yourself projects, taken from the Maine Sun...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_fNpWPrOUoxempyZnRCenBSYzJobl8wSXBwbjRJZw/edit    

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 What We Do

Do-yourself-solar technologies are helping folks make and assemble their own solar electric - photovoltaic (PV) modules and solar thermal (heat and hot-water) panels. We schedule and carry out hands-on seminars and workshops in Maine as well as many other places that folks are interested in "working towards self-sufficiency".

A hand-made 65w PV module on display powering a radio at WERU fair in Maine, June, 2007.

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We offer free consultation for those desiring a more self-reliant lifestyle.

We are a not-for-profit, Solar educational Corp. doing hands-on PV assembly seminars for more than 30 years.

We also design and facilitate do-yourself solar greenhouse construction; Solar cookers and food dryers; and thermal projects for heat and hot-water.

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HOPE Festival, April 23, 2016, at U Maine, Orono, with the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine !

A completed PV cell ph. charger, with the MESEA demonstration table ... 

Engineering student (Engineers Without Borders, U Maine Chapter), cutting a solar PV cell for the first time, MESEA demo. !

Yes ! a large crowd of folks come together for Peace & Justice on the Earth Day celebration, HOPE Festival, U Maine, Orono.
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Mar 14 & 21, 2015 DADSolar, MESEA PV assembly workshop, with Environmental Club, at MCNDHS, NYC, seventh year !

Students with John Burke, DADS, Inc. at the Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School, NYC, Mar 14 & 21, 2015.   The Environmental Club participants,  display strings of solar cells, ready for encapsulation step. Science teacher, Roy Malinis, photo credit.

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MESEA / DADS PV assembly workshop, Sunday, Jan. 12 2014

Ossipee Towns for Sustainability Porter, Maine (Ice Storm !)

An abbreviated group of interested folks, attended a PV assembly workshop at the Porter Town Hall, Jan. 12, 2014, after an Ice Storm made the roads too slippery for the planned Sat. event ... A 65 W PV module was accomplished and the OTFS will find a use for the module, or add more !

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2015 Graduate Phd research, U Dayton, Aquaponic GH, with solar power & heatOne year later, Jan 11, 2015, John Burke and Max Amin assemble a 65 W PV module, in a weekend workshop, Long Island, NY. To help with research at U Dayton, Ohio, Engineering Graduate program where MESEA & DADS had worked years past !

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Four - 245W 'Canadian Solar' PV modules connected in parallel for 24 V system, on this 'Off-Grid' array, at camp far from the utility poles, Milo, ME, Sept, 2013 MESEA.

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Battery bank (4 Trojan L-16 RE - 6V, connected in series as 24V); Outback Inverter (2500 W); Schneider charge controller; and PV shut off switch for this 'Off-Grid' camp, Sept, 28, 2013, MESEA.

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Solar Workshop Jonesport, ME, July, 2013, MESEA

 MESEA Workshop participants, solder a string of PV cells for a 65 W PV module during the July, 2013, seminar !----------------------------------

Please see the Services page for full materials list and description of assembly process for the MESEA Solar Cell Phone Charger ... !

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Cell ph charger assembly, step-by-step: 1- Diamond wheel and guide for scoring cell for 1/4 size, .5V and 800ma, for 6V cell ph charger, 2013.

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2 - Scoring PV cell for proper size, .5V, 800ma, for 6V cell ph charger, 2013.

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3 - 12 cut PV cells ready for series connection soldering for cell ph charger, 2013.

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4 - 12 cut PV cells in frame for position check, cell ph charger assembly, 2013.

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5 - Soldering ribbon on front (neg) side of cut PV cell, for string series connection, 2013.           Continued on right column >

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Solar PV workshop participants check string of cells for voltage and amps before encapsulation in 65W PV module.          Harrington, Me, Grange - Feb 17, 2008.

Some of the PV workshop participants at the soldering table, May '09 Pottstown, PA

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MESEA and Concerns of Spreading Do-Yourself-Solar Information...

After hearing concerns from those involved with MESEA, and talking to others, we have tried to give a short explanation of why MESEA is not concerned with the do-yourself-solar PV assembly workshop information being used by those who have experienced it.

The reason we give the workshops, is to further our efforts, by spreading the low-tech, do-yourself methods and help those with low skill levels, create a self-reliant lifestyle for themselves and their families. This work, around the world, has helped those with less education and opportunities, establish PV “cottage industries” that will benefit their communities and neighbors.

We function as a not-for-profit corporation. Again, our desire is to spread the technology, to help create the beneficial effects between communities, local and world-wide, of self-reliance and sharing. Those who would “profit” by using these simple, low-tech methods are invited to do so, as long as the credit is given to those who have developed the methods used.

The same philosophy is attached to other do-yourself-solar projects included in the Maine Solar Primer and on more and more web-sites. Please feel free to help us spread this technology, so those less fortunate may feel the benefits and excitement of creating something that can give them a step towards self-reliant lifestyle and world peace. A world that is not profiting on the exploitation of each other, for non-renewable resources, will be that much closer to reaching true peace.

 *** We are raising funds to expand and continue the solar educational work at the Downeast Solar Center ... Jonesport, Maine Thank you, Dadsolar.com & MESEA FB link:

 https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/

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Solar PV assembly workshop participant, April, 2011, in Brooklyn, NY, solders cells for a string to be included in 65W PV module for roof garden use at the Commons. Photo by Mishon, thanks.

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Dadsolar / MESEA, learning facilitator, John Burke, with PV workshop participants, test a 65W PV module, at the Brooklyn Commons, roof garden. The PV will power a garden fountain and possible irrigation system. This photo by Mishon, April, 2011, thanks.

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Solar PV workshop soldering table, ready for participants to solder the strings for a 65W PV module. Photo by Otto, Brooklyn, NY, April, 2011.

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A familiar scene, PV assembly workshop participants, solder cells for PV strings, to be used in the 65W PV module. Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, Queens, NYC, May 14, 2011...          This workshop is a NYSES / MESEA, co-production.

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An enthusiastic group, around the encapsulated 65W PV module. At the APEC PV workshop, May 14, 2011. This workshop is a NYSES / MESEA, coop workshop.
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John Burke, of DADSolar, and the MESEA workshop facilitator, prepares soldering board for group at NESEA-NJ PV assembly workshop, So. Plainfield, NJ, March, 2011. This workshop was hosted by New York Solar Energy Society, (NYSES), an ASES Chapter.

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Dr. Richard Komp, presenting low-tech "Solar Oven, EVA lamination" power-point, at the ASES Conference, Raleigh, NC, May 18, 2011.

The enthusiastic crowd was interested in this latest innovation for the Third-World PV "Cottage Industry", now in 12 countries.  DADS and MESEA are promoting the efforts of Dr. Komp and Skyheat Associates, to establish sustainable renewable energy business development for communities in the developing world.

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Participants solder solar cells for 65W PV module with Kenya American Society group in New Jersey, Feb. 2012. The group is interested in starting a PV "cottage industry" business in a poor community in Kenya!

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Kenya American Society participants, after finishing 65W PV module framing, Feb. 2012.

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August, 2016, Cambridge, Maine! Off-grid PV installation, with dedicated effort from five folks, eager to learn the basic solar elements. We were using two handmade, 65W modules assembled in 2007, by folks with little or no experience, in Harlem, NYC !

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Cambridge, Maine, August, 2016, 2 homemade PV modules mounted on wooden rack, fixed to the pine tree, without inflicting any damage! A 12V, 130W system, to charge a 12V battery for lighting in the home. There will be some solar!

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DADSOLAR is now operating the Solar Home built by Dr. Richard Komp, Jonesport, Maine. Get involved with the Downeast Solar Center - * New 2020 programs !

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Dr. Komp on South side deck with PV array, Oct. '09---------------------------------University of Maine, Orono, Professors, workshop participants, help John Burke prepare the soldered strings for encapsulation. Jonesport, Maine, Oct. 2011, DADS / MESEA solar PV assembly workshop. ---------------------------------------
Southern view of Indian River and Gulf of Maine from living room, looking out over south deck. Solar Home, Jonesport, Maine, Oct '09, low-tide.--------------------------

New PV modules alongside the antique PV - Downeast Solar Center, Jonesport, Maine

      Call (207) 546-1639...           leave your name and ph # with voicemail, thanks !

We are looking forward to your comments and involvement !

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April 23, 2016 HOPE Festival with Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine ! (20+ years !), thanks !

Volunteer Check-in, HOPE Festival ! Univ. of Maine, Orono, Amy and Mike helped the Maine Solar Energy Association set up the demonstration for a cell phone charger !

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New Solar Educational Community Land-trust development in Columbia, ME

New link for your tax-deductible donations:

The new SEADS FB fundraiser link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/



FB has ended the 'on-line' fundraiser, but we still need your support, for info on how to donate to the Community Land-trust development, send comments and questions with the form on the 'Contact Us' page, on this website, thank you !

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Dadsolar.com /non-profit education *** We are raising funds during these 'lean' times to continue our efforts at the Jonesport, Maine Solar Center ! Thank you - Dadsolar, link:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/





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Call Us Today!

Please contact us today. We are always eager to help folks determine how solar and other renewable energy technologies may help them and help solve some of the problems of our planet and it's inhabitants.

Phone: (207)-546-1639, cell             - leave name & ph # with voicemail

           (207)-497-2204, land line, (with answer machine)

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 *** We are raising funds during these 'lean' times to continue our efforts at the Jonesport, Maine Solar Center ! - Dadsolar, link:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/

E-mail - dadsolar@yahoo.com    

Web links -

www.mainesolar.org (MESEA)    www.dadsolar.com (DADS)

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Upcoming Events at Jonesport &  Columbia, ME Centers !                        

Downeast Solar Center

2020 Solar Workshops – Jonesport, Maine

    Sept 21 - Dec 21, 2020

We are extending our Solar Center Workshops            (depending on weather and virus).                    For the first three months of Fall, with one day or more available for you or your small group, ...to experience the 'hands-on' solar asssembly and work on every step of a 65 W solar PV module assembly!  Dadsolar FB fundraising link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/           

        A tentative schedule, depending on the weather and the # of participants. We plan to present a       'hands-on' experience for all participants. The 'Liquid Silicon'encapsulation process, developed by Marco Antonio and Grupo Fenix in Nicaragua will be used. We will assemble at least one 65Wmodule, depending  on the # of participants.  ($50. / day, includes lunch for all) 

          Call 207-497-2204 and leave a message !                     One day or more !

PV assembly Serries

                Downeast Solar Center            

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Fall, 2020 (depending on the conditions)

On-Going: 'Re-build Effort' at the SEADS Community Land-trust Solar Seminar Center Re-development, You're invited !

"To Work On  What's Been Spoiled" !

     We need folks to share this post and send comments and suggestions with the form         on the 'Contact Us' page, dadsolar.com ... thank you !

   Get involved, share skills, learn ...and get   down and dirty! The crew at Columbia, Maine needs your financial and physical help !   Send inquiry: PO Box 192,    Harrington, ME 04643

"You can help support a Solar Community Land-trust development, either by sending a fb donation, or getting down and dirty with the small crew here in the 'rebuild' of the SEADS Solar Seminar Center ! Columbia, Me" call: 207-546-1639 (name & ph # with voicemail)

     We need folks to share this post and send comments and suggestions with the form on the 'Contact Us' page, dadsolar.com

The new SEADS FB fundraiser link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/  ... thank you !

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A soldered string of PV cells, ready forplacement (with 3 others), on 65w PV module.

Our low-tech approach allows anyone to gain skills in this important field and become part of the solution.

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Workshop participants at Yellowhead Island camp, off Buck's Harbor, Maine, install two homemade 65 W PV modules for small off-grid system, MESEA, 2013.

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Gordon and John connect new PV array to the 12 V battery bank, Yellowhead Is., ME, MESEA workshop, Aug. 2013.

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Preparing for final wiring and framing of 65W module - Feb 17, 2008 - Harrington, Me, Oceola Grange.

------------------------------------Handmade PV rack for 49, 65W PV modules, assembled at St. George PV workshop Fall 2008.

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 An updated photo of the 'homemade PV array' installed above the factory modules, at St. George, ME, soon to be connected to the 'grid' , Summer '12

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Further updated picture of the Sept, 2015 Humble Farm solar PV array with 30 PV modules ... more than 7.2 Kw !

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Charles a solar enthusiast from Rhode Island, soldering a string of cells for PV encapsulation. During the Solar PV Spring Intensive, Jonesport. ME - Apr. 2011.

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John and Charles at PV Spring Intensive Assembly workshop, April, 2011, set glass onto 3 strings of 12 solar cells. A 36 cell, 65W PV module. Four modules, assembled during the PV Spring Intensive, will be installed at Jonesport, ME, solar seminar center.

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Manhattan Comp. overkill with 65W PV

Solar PV powered clock at Manhattan Comprehensive HS, NYC, 2011. This PV module uses ambiant light, in indoor atrium, to supply power for 3V time piece.

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Any weight may be used in low-tech laminating process, to help the air-bubbles out the edge of the glass, during encapsulation of the PV module. The table is level, photo by Mishon, Apr, 2011, Bklyn, NY.

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Cell Ph charger assembly, continued ...

2013 ...

 6 - four cut cells ready for string soldering cell ph charger assembly, 2013.

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7 - Four cell string ready for series connection to three other strings for cell Ph charger, 2013.

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8 - three strings of four PV cells, soldered in series connection (adds Volts), for 6V cell Ph charger, ready for frame, 2013.

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9 - Finished 12 PV cell (6V), cell Ph charger in 'dollar store' picture frame, ready for Ph adapter wire connect (your Ph ?), 2013.

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Please see the 'Services' page for full materials list and description of assembly process for the MESEA Solar Cell Phone Charger, Small Battery Charger and 65W PV module ... !

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PV workshop participant, solders finishing touches on PV string, before testing. The positive ribbons must be added onto the back of the last cell. Photo by Otto, thanks, Brooklyn, NY, April, 2011.

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Participant at NESEA-NJ / NYSES / MESEA cooperative PV assembly workshop, March, 2011, prepares to solder PV cells for the first time. The 4 strings of 9 cells, will be used in the 65W PV module completed that day, at the So. Plainfield, NJ site. (Due to unforseen events, some folks had to leave before the final framing, and were able to attend our Brooklyn, NY workshop a few weeks later, in April, 2011.) See ste-by-step assembly instruction sheet ! (Services Page)

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May 2011, Solar PV Battery Charger assembly workshop, MESEA ... ASES Conference

 -1- Close-up of cut PV cells, being soldered in series, for impromptu battery charger assembly workshop at ASES Conference, Raleigh, NC. May 18, 2011.

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 -2- Final wiring of battery charger, at ASES Conference hallway, PV workshop, May 18, 2011, Raleigh, NC. The AA, C or D size, solar "trickle charge", -battery charger, can charge regular Alkaline, as well as, "re-chargble" batteries. The case, made for MESEA, by the Penobscot Indian Nation, Old Town, Maine.

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 -3- Interested ASES Conference attendees, marvel at the solar PV battery charger, impromptu workshop, in the hall of Raleigh Convention Center, May 18, 2011. See step-by-step assembly instructions ! (Services Page)

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Student group, March, 2012, at the Manhattan Comprehensive HS class with MESEA facilitator, John Burke, during PV assembly workshop. The liquid silicon encapsulation method, developed by Marco Antonio, of Suni Solar, Nicaragua, is used to seal the 4 strings of 9 solar cells on this 65W PV module. This PV workshop is our fourth annual solar project, with Man. Comp. HS, CDI and Solar1, of NYC.

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DADS, Inc. learning facilitator, John Burke, applies first application of liquid silicon encapsulant, at MESEA PV assembly workshop, Jonesport, Maine, Solar Home, Oct. 2011.

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MESEA solar PV assembly workshop participants, stand ready for encapsulation process on the 4 strings of 9 PV cells after soldering and testing. This workshop, Earth Day weekend, April, 2012, was hosted by DADS.

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South side of Solar Home, Jonesport, Maine. Greenhouse and PV Hybrid panel, from deck, Oct. '09

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 Sunrise, at the Jonesport, Maine Solar Home of MESEA and DADS, Sept. 2013.

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Visiting Hawk perched on dead tree !

Early this 'New Year' 2014, a hawk was perched on this dead tree stump, about twenty five feet above the street. You may need to look closely. Can you guess where this occured ? (respond on contact page)

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Cambridge, Maine folks discuss the steps required for installation of small PV system, according to the owners wishes for the trees. August, 2016, a well grounded system! Yes, there was precipitation that day!

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Looking from the south, at the completed 130W handmade PV installation. The tree has the rack 'tied' to the trunk, so as not to disturb the 200 year old pine! The 12V solar PV system will charge a battery for homeowner lighting. Cambridge, Maine, August, 2016.

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* DADS, Inc., is looking for a few "Good Folks" interested in being part of SEADS 'Intentional Solar Community Land-trust' affiliated with The Downeast Solar Center, established in Jonesport, Maine.

The new SEADS FB fundraiser link: https://www.facebook.com/donate/589075815095694/

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Extensive re-build and additional space to be constructed at 5 acre, ocean view, Solar Home site, Jonesport,Me Downeast Solar Center

Dadsolar, Fundraising site link:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/

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 Solar Educational Community Development Project, includes part-time family participation !

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           - 2020 -

Solar Time-Share Opportunity!

 What an opportunity for individuals and families, to experience the self-reliant lifestyle. This time-share development, along with the full-time participantion, will allow folks to experience a solar educational community-based atmosphere in coastal Washington County, Maine

Please call phone #s listed below for more information. An opportunity to spend a week or more with an extended community of families in Maine, working toward a self-reliant lifestyle, utilizing solar energy and organic gardening techniques. Our focus is for a true 'World Peace', without the resource wars we have become accustomed to. Get Active ! Get involved with establishing a future for the next generation !

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 *** We are raising funds during these 'lean' times to continue our efforts at the Jonesport, Maine Solar Center ! - Thank you, Dadsolar, link:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/593717864654454/

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 * Call: (207)-546-1639 cell

(leave name & ph # with voicemail)

          (207)-497-2204 land-line

(now with solar powered answer machine)

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Fall 2020

(depending on the weather and the virus)

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    SEEDS  Intern  Program 

 Columbia, Maine - Fall, 2020  

Leave your name & ph # w/ voicemail -  (207) 546-1639 for details and information on the next step ! Or send inquiries to SEADS PO Box 192, Harrington ME 04643

FB page link : https://www.facebook.com/SEEDS-Maine-Intern-Program-100139324685026/?modal=admin_todo_tour

The crew at SEADS, with the original focus toward Solar community, for sharing skills and to establish a land-trust, present a New Intern Program ! Spring & Summer 2020 ... We've been through the hoops for almost 40 years ... We need your help, to get to the next step ! This Solar Intern Program is an extension of the 1981 focus, working with college interns and extended community members ! We welcome your skill-sharing and support for the future generations ! There is inspiration in a world in turmoil, we have to get together, For a Future! Thank you !

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Maine Solar Energy Association SOLAR INTERNSHIP PROGRAFall  Fall 2020 !

    (depending on the viral conditions)

Our focus is re-kindled toward a Spring & Summer 2020, structure re-build program at the Jonesport Solar Home as well as the Seminar Center in Columbia, Maine.

* Solar Community Land-trust Development effort now available for your participation and support.

Interns needed for this important work. Please share this with folks who may be interested in learning about PV and Thermal, at the Washington Co., Maine, facilities.

    * Call: (207)-546-1639 cell

 (leave name & ph # with voicemail)

       (207)-497-2204 land-line

 (now with solar powered answer machine)