Solar at its Best
The Ultimate in Solar ? It probably don't get no better than this, I was camped near this guy most the week, and he built this himself. He is a retired mechanical engineer. This unit is compl...
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mlts22 wrote:Unless there are diodes between each and every cell... then you may be correct. However there may still be enough ambient light there to keep it running.
I'm not trying to be negative or nitpicky, but does the shade from the item in the bottom of the picture affect the incoming current? I've seen even 1-2 square inches of a panel shaded cause the whole panel to lose 50-95% of the incoming energy compared to full sun.
That's the main reason Pianotuna went with Uni-Solar. He can still get a little power from moonlight.
For a home system, one can control location and tree growth. But for a camper moving from campsite to campsite...
