DIY Portable Solar Generator – Step by Step

It is amazingly easy to build a DIY portable solar generator. You don’t need to be an expert to make one. Anyone with some interest in setting up new things can enjoy it well.

Building portable solar generator of your own will save a significant amount of your money, apart from buying a fresh one. Out in stores, you have many full-fledged solar generators, but they are pricier.

Here I would like to tell you how to make a solar generator using parts from your local stores, in help of diagrams and graphics. To build a DIY portable solar power generator is not a tough job, anyway. It doesn’t contain any complex technologies. Even a beginner can quickly learn how to build it up and get it ready for converting sunlight to sustainable electricity.

Essential Required

Portable Solar Panels
Solar  Charger Controller
Battery Pack
AC Inverter
12V Cigarette Light Adapter
Digital Voltmeter
Cables & Wires
Clamps and Screws
Compact Case

Before moving on to our tutorial, see our graphical representation of a typical portable solar generator below.

It will give a quick idea on how components of a portable solar generator need to be laid out.

There is actually no difference between portable and stationary solar generators, despite size and capacities of their parts.

A portable solar generator is often fixed into a case, which is friendly for travels. Regularly, a briefcase or cart-style is chosen for portable solar generators.

Nonetheless, while making a DIY portable solar generator, you don’t need to integrate all parts in a case.  If you are comfortable, you can leave it run of the mill, not perfectly fixed inside a box.

In that case, you can skip the case or find a case or box to fit in the fragile parts only, like battery and inverter. You can leave solar panels, wires and cables outside.

Step 1 – Purchase Parts

As you can learn from the above graphic, we are talking about building a 150W portable solar generator. For this, I suggest you to buy the parts in the below specifics. However, as per your power requirement, you can change the specifications. Links to the Amazon pages with matching products are also given in the table.

Step 2 – Integrate Parts to the Case

If you wish to build the generator inside a case, it is time to integrate the parts. Commonly, battery, inverter and voltmeter are fixed inside the box, leaving solar panels outside.

Make sure you have bought a case that is big and sturdy enough to carry the loads of the above components. Fix them one by one in the box or case and put holes to draw the cables out to solar panels. Integrate the required output ports as well.

See the diagram on how to do the wiring of a DIY portable solar generator.

Step 3 – Connect with Solar Panels

If you have big solar panel, it is always nice to put it outside the case, not built into the outer of the case. It is also a good option to let you place the solar panel away from the rest of the device so that you can grab as much as power in sunny days. For this, you should buy long cables and wires.

Step 4 – Test the Device

As you can see, there is no complicated task in building DIY portable solar generators. If you follow the diagram above, it is quite simple for you. As you have done, you can now test the generator. Place the solar panels in sun and get the generator ready for action.

Final Thoughts

It is all about making a DIY portable solar generator. The job doesn’t include any complex steps. Everything is quite simple. You have all the parts readily available on Amazon. All you have to do is to buy them and piece together into a unit to make solar energy.

A portable solar generator is a good idea to store power for your use while going out on a camping, outing or outdoor party. It is also highly reliable in case of any emergency. If the grid power remains cut for many days, the only power option you can survive with is nothing, but solar. Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, make your comments below.