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Solar Designer User Guide 28961 V0513
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11. Your solar car is now complete. If your car runs backward, switch the
black and red wires on the motor.
Note: The car will run on a smooth surface in full sunlight or under an
incandescent 100-watt lightbulb. Fluorescent light will not produce
enough energy to move the car.
Solar Engineering Ideas
• Modify the car using different gears or combinations of gears to
increase the speed or power of the vehicle.
• Add more solar panels (available at shop.pitsco.com) in series to
increase the voltage (and speed) or in parallel to increase power
(Figure 5).
• Add more motors, solar panels, or plastic bodies to create a four-
wheel-drive solar vehicle.
• Convert a toy car to run on a solar cell.
• Build a windmill from dowel rods and craft sticks.
• Have a contest for speed and/or power with other solar engineers
in your school.
Series:
1.35 V, 400 mA
Parallel:
.45 V, 1.2 Amps
Figure 5
