solar cells

[Mike O'Dell]

the following url contains a brief discussion about their packaging
it's typical of most polycrystalline cell panels

http://www.kyocerasolar.com/products/ksimodule.html



On Jan 8, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:

> Perhaps you could hallucinate on some of these panel building techniques?
> 
> Mike O'Dell wrote:
>> "cheap"??
>> 
>> uh, you should be keenly aware of the distance from raw cells to working panels
>> 
>> panels have non-trivial design and engineering challenges if you want them
>> to work day-in and day-out, in all kinds of weather, for years and years.
>> you can easily lose a very large fraction of a cell's real conversion efficiency
>> (as opposed to the theoretical efficiency you see thrown about) from the panel
>> packaging alone. that front glass is not just windowpane.
>> 
>>       -mo
>> 
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>> On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:
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>>> This looks like a cheap way to go solar powered.  
>>> 
>>> http://shop.ebay.com/stellar393/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
>>> 
>>> has anyone built their own panels?
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