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jlordy20 | 12:14 Wed 16th May 2007 | How it Works
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If i placed my solar power lights in my greenhouse throughout the day, will it carge the batteries up better? due to the heat?
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Monocrystalline silicon solar cells produce a voltage when visible light and infrared light (above a critical frequency) are absorbed. Your batteries will be charged more efficiently outside as it is much cooler. The infrared radiation from a hot greenhouse is far too low in energy to produce a voltage from a solar cell, it must come directly from the Sun.
11:07 Thu 17th May 2007
No, they don't work on heat just light.
They should charge better if you redirect additional sunlight at them using mirrors
In fact they would charge rather less well because the glass inevitably obstructs a small amount the UV spectrum trying to pass through.
Monocrystalline silicon solar cells produce a voltage when visible light and infrared light (above a critical frequency) are absorbed. Your batteries will be charged more efficiently outside as it is much cooler.
The infrared radiation from a hot greenhouse is far too low in energy to produce a voltage from a solar cell, it must come directly from the Sun.
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