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Calling Men’s Shed members! Curious about solar energy or just love getting hands-on? Like to learn how to build Solar Battery Chargers and Solar Garden Lighting? Join us for a beginner-friendly introduction to solar power, basic electronics, and hands-on circuit building. Using solar energy experiment kits, you\u2019ll pick up practical skills like how to build working solar circuits on a breadboard \u2014 a reusable base for testing and connecting electronic components. You\u2019ll also learn how to use a multimeter \u2014 a handy tool that helps you check if you\u2019re circuit is doing what it should by measuring voltage, current, and resistance (like a health check for electronics). You\u2019ll learn by doing, through two fun hands-on workshop series. These beginner-friendly workshops are a great way to explore solar energy and electronics. Each workshop series is independent of each other, so you\u2019re welcome to join either one, or both. Workshop Series 1: Solar Battery Chargers (Starts 11th June) – Help power the Shed by building solar-powered battery chargers. Workshop Series 2: Solar Garden Lighting (Starts 13th August) – Help light up the Shed\u2019s Garden with simple solar garden lights.<\/p>\n

For further information contact Aileen.Drohan@waltoninstitute.ie  or visit https:\/\/waltoninstitute.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

The solar panel experimental kit accessed via the QR code on the kit or through the following link https:\/\/www.velleman.eu\/downloads\/25\/soldering_kits\/manual_wsedu02_en.pdf          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37153,"template":"","class_list":["post-37152","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExplore Solar Energy and Electronics at Ferrybank Men's Shed - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calling Men's Shed members!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/explore-solar-energy-and-electronics-at-ferrybank-mens-shed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Explore Solar Energy and Electronics at Ferrybank Men's Shed - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calling Men’s Shed members! 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