The power/solar/batteries/generator thread

[jerrymrc]

"The reduction in power from shading half of one cell is equivalent to removing a cell active area 36 times the shadow's actual size."

I for one am not believing it. When I did some testing on my panels I saw a proportional drop off in current. Shade 1/4 of the panel and see a 25% reduction in output.

And if they did not work at all then many would be in the dark and people would have stopped using them years ago.

[Wulf202]

I for one am not believing it. When I did some testing on my panels I saw a proportional drop off in current. Shade 1/4 of the panel and see a 25% reduction in output.

And if they did not work at all then many would be in the dark and people would have stopped using them years ago.

I think he's quoting an old test of an outdated panel style from the 80's to make his point.

Journalists....