I recently came in contact with someone who was given 280 BP solar panels after
a gas station dismantled them. They say Pmax 42W, Max System Voltage 250v, UL
Max sys 117V.... He gave me one with a crack in the glass to test out... I
hooked up a volt meter today (very late in the day so not that much sun) and it
read 80 volts. The cells are enclosed in 2 sheets of glass. I only have
experience with my 12V panel on my boat and haven't seen a high voltage panel
until now. I guess these were meant for direct grid tie in.
He's selling the panels for $40 each, but if I buy a bunch of them he'll let
them go for $30 each. Just wondering what the groups input was as to whether I
should make the purchase and possible ideas as to what I should do with them.
They are pretty large and from what i've read online have a tendency to gather
moisture in between the glass sheets. I could try to remove the sheet of cells
from the glass and put them in something else.
Any comments or ideas welcome
Thanks,
Mike
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