Redpill me on solar energy.
its pretty good keeps everything on earth alive
>>517715511kek
>>517715511it converts the energy of the sun into electricity or something
>>517715511It's like trees, leaves and photosynthesis but human made or sumthin like that.
>>517715966imagine getting mogged by fucking solar panels
Anybody had that Tesla solar roof installed? Or anybody with neighbors that have? My supplier doesn’t permit individuals to feed power back into the grid, presumably because they don’t want line workers to get current from solarpanels feeding voltage back into the system after they’ve shut it off at the substation. Anybody have any experience with grid connected panels or does power from panels need to be a separate electrical system?
>>517715511Meme tech. Panels die in 10-20 years and have to be trash. Need to replace your entire infrastructure every decade or all the power goes off forever. Even one tiny crack in a single panel shuts down the production of every panel because every cell is wired in series instead of in parallel. Absolute garbage.
>>517717099Just curious to know whether solar panels are worth it - either from a peace of mind standpoint or a reduction in power bill standpoint. If it costs 100k for a solar roof you’re never going to get your money back from reduced power bills, I wouldn’t think…
>>517715966Except this worked (by not using photovoltaic panels or chemical batteries) and only failed due to investors being idiots.
>>517715511What a retarded chart, China Manufactures all the global solar panels, because nobody can afford to compete with them.
>>517715511Great for polluting chinese rivers
>>517715511Rarely used properly per sqr foot and will never replace any other form of electrical generation.
>>517717144Is that true about the crack? I thought they still worked with cracks because it’s the material itself that generates the charge.
>>517717476>Series wiring is simpler and requires fewer materials compared to parallel wiring, making it cost-effective for large-scale installations. However, a significant drawback is that if one panel in the string is shaded or underperforms, it can limit the current output of the entire string, reducing overall system efficiency.Some solar farms are wired in series with a second parallel series of wires. So you get half power production if one panel breaks. But it's still garbage.
>>517715966they're getting it ready for its true purpose
>>517717450What does it mean when your red tube light comes on?>>517717476It's like mixing old and new AA batteries, which most product manuals explicitly tell you to avoid.
>>517715511Modern panels are recyclable
>>517719231>What does it mean when your red tube light comes on?It's sub-optimal.>>517721404>Modern panels are recyclableBullshit.
>>517717327>because nobody can afford to compete with them.has nothing todo with price and everything todo with how nasty it is to make them
>>517715511Built my own 3kw system which allows me to run a gaming computer and starlink and have lights anx charge phones and run fans all day. Or during most of the day I can also run an air conditioner or cook.Built it over time with used or open box components. Got a good deal on batteries but transporting them would have cost more than the entire system if I didnt have a family member with a tractor and heavy trailer. No electrical bill for years now.
>>517715511still a long way from unity
I installed a solar system on my barn about 8 years ago. It's already paid for itself (not including my battery bank). During the summer months I generate nearly twice what my home consumes. Battery bank gets filled then feed back into grid. I installed it myself for ~$20kLast winter there was no power for 3 days and I didn't even notice. Business as usual. Couldn't be happier with the decision. I do have a nice south facing roof.
>>517724300cool
>>517717308Cope. It only generated about half of what it was suppose to.
Covering pristine nature with this fucking eyesore that kills birds
>>517715511Like any tech it gets cheaper as more are produced, we see an explosion because it's finally cost-effective. The advantage is it's cheaper than a bunch of other forms of energy for poor countries, so china has a super deep market to service over the next 50 years. The panels last forever, and can be deployed to remote areas, enabling off-grid life, or reaching areas previously not serviceable with conventional energy. The cost to set-up is only 10% the panels themselves, everything else is labor, infrastructure and inverters etc. Solar also consumes tons of silver, but since the panel cost is such a small part of the overall cost, a 5x increase in the silver price is unlikely to cause a major hit to demand. This is why to play silver is to play solar, betting on solar companies trying to find the bottom dollar price for their panels won't result in profits necessarily.
