Solar charging - can it be so?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the solar and power issue, but I have learned a lot. In conversation with my RV service tech, an independent guy who takes pride in his knowledge and work, I wa...
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bgum wrote:
Issue: can an artificial light cause a solar panel to create a charge? Yes
It's strange to recall this now, but back when I used to travel daily to this thing called an "office", I'd see something in the men's room that always cracked me up: The soap dispenser and the automatic water valve (turned on and off by a beam that detected your hands) were both solar powered. The lights in the bathroom fed the little panels in the soap dispenser and water fixture.
It was one of those things that I had to force myself to not think too hard about, because I didn't want to blow a fuse.
