howardwheeler wrote:
Very informative. Does the panel, then, actually become slightly cooler when the "valve" is open, that is, when the circuit closes? If this sounds stupid it's only because in the fundamentals of electricity I am stupid.
Yes the panel would be slightly cooler when power gets taken out electrically. When there are more electrons at higher states less photons can captured so there is a greater chance of them reflecting off the surface, but the cooling effect is going to be a decently high percentage of the power taken out.
