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Anyone using the new 'updated' solar panel and tell me whether it charges using UV light?

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Edinburgh_lad1
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Greetings

Anyone using the new 'updated' solar panel and could tell me whether it charges using UV light?

I got version 1 of the panel that is being phased out, but it looks like it works in direct sunlight only (or stoped working altogether). This is a problem for me because we ain't getting a lot of sunshine here in Scotland.

Cheers.

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StephenB
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@Edinburgh_lad1 wrote:
Anyone using the new 'updated' solar panel and could tell me whether it charges using UV light?


Traditional photovoltaic panels will not convert UV.  Also, UV is only a small fraction of the sunlight that reaches the ground, so it wouldn't help much.  (In space about 10% of the light is UV, and the atmosphere blocks >75% of that).

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