Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00266



To: ddueck@hotmail.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: TurtleTek@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 19:05:37 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Current vs. Voltage


> Well, here goes.
> If you hook up multiple solarcells (be sure they are the same type) in
> series, you will get more voltage, but the current produced will be the
> same. Likewise, if you hook them up in parallel, the voltage of the
> solarcells will remain the same, but the current will be x times greater
> (x is the number of cells).

Not to be offensive, but you just stated exactly what I know. Perhaps I wasn't
very clear. The trouble I'm having is with mismatched solar cells. Do all the
rules fly out the window just because the two cells aren't the same?!

-TurtleTek
"Yu, shall I tell you what knowledge is? When you know a thing,
say that you know it. When you do not know a thing, admit you
do not know it. This is knowledge."
- K'ung-fu Tzu (Confucius)

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