Solar Panels for a House in Indiana. Calculations

Part of my project was to calculate how much electricity can solar panel installation on a house in Greencastle, IN, USA, create and whether it would be enough for people's consumption.

How did I go about doing it?

TESTING: Update on my Solar Cell Phone Charger

As you could see from my video testing if solar cell phone charger worked, you can see that it charges my cell phone. However, while it charges it, it doesn't charge it even one bar up of the battery. It took me a while to figure out where the problem was.

What are solar panels made off?

My previous blog post mentions components of solar panels. I recently came across Active Solar website that has an awesome visual representation of how a mineral called "quartz" (second most abundant mineral on Earth) turns into solar panels with images of all transformation stages. Check it out here.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to promote the website or a company called Active Solar.