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Salvo
May 03, 2013Explorer
OK, I forgive you. Did you look who wrote the article? It's a lady who writes about organic gardening and wild foods. The 1.1% may have come from a high school science project. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read. Their science project has a fatal error. They applied a constant resistive load (55.8 ohm) to the panel under test. They though that's the correct load to get the maximum power point. Well, it may get MPP at 25C, but MPP changes with temperature. They introduced a huge measurement error.
Here's a credible analysis for the power temperature coefficient. His range is -0.4 to -0.5%/C.
Sal
Here's a credible analysis for the power temperature coefficient. His range is -0.4 to -0.5%/C.
Sal
harold1946 wrote:
Salvo:
http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/effects-temperature-solar-panel-power-production-20500.html
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