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Re: Solar Cell Output in Direct Sunlight
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:56:10 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmailAVOIDSPAM.net>
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"Micah J. Mabelitini" wrote:
> Yes, I could take more
> measurements this summer, but the data wouldn't be very useful except
> for people living around 36 degrees north in June; there's simply too
> many variables when dealing with sunlight. I was just trying to give
> some idea as to what you can expect from the solar cell.
I agree - and another factor is the angle of the panel to the incident
light. The amount of light varies as the cosine of the angle of the
sun to a line thats perpendicular to the panel. Building some kind of
a mechanism that tilts the panel into the light might have some payback.
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| (...) The experts say that such a scheme can increase total power collected by up to 40%, though I'm not sure if this includes the power required to drive the steering mechanism. See: (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Solar Cell Output in Direct Sunlight
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| (...) Well, I could certainly create an artificial environment which would increase the solar cell's output without the need for scheduling another test on the summer solstice, if you were merely curious as to its maximum output based on the cell's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta)
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