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12thgenusa
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Oct 23, 2013

What is your solar panel operating temperature?

Comments in an earlier thread concerning solar panel operating temperature and the effect it has panel output and particularly on MPPT controller output, led to searching the web for information on ac...
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harold1946
Explorer
Oct 25, 2013
12thgenusa wrote:
I don't suggest that one would or should fiddle with their panels though out the day, though some do. However, knowing your panel's operating temperature might lead you to explore panel tilt, not only for the direct power gains, but also as a way to mitigate panel temp rise and lower panel losses.


Using the previously posted tenperature of 45C or 113F, how would you propose that one lower the temperature to produce an appreciable gain.

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