Thanks Peter, I was trying to figure out how to translate from lumens, good job Darryl
________________________________ From: Peter Parrish <peter.parr...@calsolareng.com> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 5:40:44 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Low light panel This is a pretty good example of how obscure the various "lighting" variables are for even solar pros. I won't go into the gory details (and they are details of some depth, trust me). So let's take the following shortcut. A decent CFL puts out 60 lumens per watt of power consumed. So, in theory, one could get 60 lumens from a tiny CFL drawing 1 watt of electrical power. One watt of electrical power going into the CFL and 60 lumens out. If you illuminated the PV module with those 60 lumens and it produced 0.7 A @ 14 volts, that would be 20 watts of electricity. Lo and behold! You got 20 Watts out from 1 Watt in. You have just violated the "conservation of energy" by a factor of 20X. - Peter Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President California Solar Engineering, Inc. 820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26 peter.parr...@calsolareng.com Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885 -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Carl Adams Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:19 PM To: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] Low light panel Hello Wrenches, I'm looking for a panel which will provide 0.7A at 12-20V with only a 60 lumen light source for the irradiance source With REgards Carl Adams SunRock Solar LLC _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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