bigclive
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Total teardown of a folding solar panel
🕑 Added 2024-03-04 22:58:45 +0000 UTCThese things are all over eBay with very misleading specifications. This one was sold as a 10W unit, but struggled to muster 2.5W when pointed directly at the sun at noon on a scorching summer day.
The bits could be useful though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaqeiGm3SIk
Comments
Big Clive
Yes they did. And it went a lot deeper faster than I was expecting.
Admiral_Agar
That new burn mark on the desk, did the intrusive thoughts win after you put the plastic welding gun back together?
Zeedijk Mike
Could it be the buck regulator, and not the solar cells, that is the weak point? Meaning, how much juice can the solar cells deliver on their own.
