If you have free standing solar panels, and some days you just cant seem to get enough light to make them work efficiently. I have found that if you stand them on a silver reflective windscreen protector it will deflect light up into the panels and make them work better even on cloudy days.
I hope this helps .
neilnruth said
10:28 PM Nov 4, 2013
What a brilliant idea.
Kaid said
05:46 AM Nov 5, 2013
Will take that on board too
D and D said
05:50 AM Nov 5, 2013
Brilliant (just realised the pun and groaned) but its a great idea, just wish I'd have thought of it. Thanks ogre
hako said
07:20 AM Nov 5, 2013
ogre wrote:
If you have free standing solar panels, and some days you just cant seem to get enough light to make them work efficiently. I have found that if you stand them on a silver reflective windscreen protector it will deflect light up into the panels and make them work better even on cloudy days.
I hope this helps .
My apologies but I cannot see how this would work - can you please explain. The solar panel will be angled toward the sun....the reflective windscreen protector will be flat on the ground reflecting light up.
From the way I see it the only extra light provided by the reflector will only be on the back of the solar panel where it does not generate electricity.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
ogre said
08:54 PM Nov 30, 2013
Dear Hoki , first put the reflector in the front of the panels and it will reflect light up into the panels that is providing you have free standing panels ,,,ogre
KevKim37 said
03:57 PM Dec 7, 2013
Once had my 2x74watt BP Solar Panels (approx total rated output 8 amps) setup on sand dunes on the Walsh River west of Chillagoe
and with summer sun were producing over 10 amps with the reflecting quality of the sand.
Cheers Kev.
hako said
01:15 PM Dec 8, 2013
ogre wrote:
Dear Hoki , first put the reflector in the front of the panels and it will reflect light up into the panels that is providing you have free standing panels ,,,ogre
Thanks for the explanation Ogre, locating them to in front of the panel changes it all, I could not figure it out from your first post: "I have found that if you stand them on a silver reflective windscreen protector it will deflect light up into the panels and make them work better even on cloudy days."
If you have free standing solar panels, and some days you just cant seem to get enough light to make them work efficiently. I have found that if you stand them on a silver reflective windscreen protector it will deflect light up into the panels and make them work better even on cloudy days.
I hope this helps .
My apologies but I cannot see how this would work - can you please explain. The solar panel will be angled toward the sun....the reflective windscreen protector will be flat on the ground reflecting light up.
From the way I see it the only extra light provided by the reflector will only be on the back of the solar panel where it does not generate electricity.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Once had my 2x74watt BP Solar Panels (approx total rated output 8 amps) setup on sand dunes on the Walsh River west of Chillagoe
and with summer sun were producing over 10 amps with the reflecting quality of the sand.
Cheers Kev.
Thanks for the explanation Ogre, locating them to in front of the panel changes it all, I could not figure it out from your first post: "I have found that if you stand them on a silver reflective windscreen protector it will deflect light up into the panels and make them work better even on cloudy days."
Regards
Denis