A Bug in Blemished Panels
Macaw
Solar Expert Posts: 36 ✭
Here is a new one for me -- I have found a very bright and FLAT bug inside the glass of my ~blemished~ Evergreen panel. The panel seems to work just fine but the bug didn't make it. Zooom in and take a look. The open circuit voltage is fine. I have not checked the short circuit current yet.
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i guess that's one panel that they couldn't get the bug(s) out of.:p
I have to say that even after many years in this business, this is the first time I have seen something like that.
The bug will block a small amount of light from hitting a small percentage of the surface area of the cell and an extremely small percentage of the overall surface area of all the photovoltaic cells that make up the panel so I would guess that you might lose a little bit of current but it won't be very much--something in the ma--amps/1000--range. The bug would had have to have been big enough to completely block light from the whole cell to affect output much.
I would watch for corrosion at that point...
-Bill
Question is, did it get in post production, and if so how? I would make sure I sealed any possible opening. Perhaps he hatched in the panel. (I am convinced that house flies breed while they are dead!)
Tony
They actually don't, but any eggs will hatch.......
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You gotta do better than that to convince me!
T
gee, i wonder what kind of drug they'd be taking to keep them going after death.:cool:
Spanish Fly? 8)
It's the inverse of "Tribbles" Tribbles were born pregnant!
Flies bread while they are dead! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it Capt. Kirk!
good one.:D:D
that made me laugh in the wake of some personal bad news. thank you for that.