Pete-B Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hi, Probably a stupid question but it's from someone who just dosn't understand auto electrickery. If you had a solar panel fitted and batteries were fully charged, what happens to the power that the panel continues to produce? :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hi . In effect the regulator reduces the supply to the battery . The panel still produces the output but it is not being used. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Think of a solar panel as if it were a tank of electric, full when the sun shines and empty when it's dark. Water only flows when the tap is opened and the tank has contents so the 'unused' charge remains in the panels unable to 'escape' because the tap (regulator) has turned it off. That explanation will not impress the purists but it is more or less what happens!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallii Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 And don't forget that at supercooled temperature a ring of metal will allow an electron flow, round and round ad infinitum. And that in certain lab conditions an electron can reach a point BEFORE it has actually been sent. Electricky is funny stuff, quantum mechanics and all that stuff. Probably better to think of it as water in a tank then. By the way, the sun produces 1000w per square metre of the earths surface, enough to supply the needs of the world population, we just need to find out how to collect it. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod_vw Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Pete-B - 2012-06-28 6:50 PM Hi, Probably a stupid question but it's from someone who just dosn't understand auto electrickery. If you had a solar panel fitted and batteries were fully charged, what happens to the power that the panel continues to produce? :-( You must leave a bare wire hanging underneath the van so it can overflow. :-S Stupid answer?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Rod_vw - 2012-06-29 8:02 PM You must leave a bare wire hanging underneath the van so it can overflow. :-S You could have two bare wires and connect one to each cab door handle - hows that for a cheap anti theft device! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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