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Message #05215



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Terry Newton wtnewton@nc5.infi.net
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 22:43:31
Subject: [alt-beam] Light Bulbs for Solar Cells


Here's a (I hope) simple question for you all:
What kind of light bulbs work best for panasonic solar cells?

I was fooling around with my micro-picbot powered by a 3733 cell
(with evolving nervous networks on-board:) and noticed I got about
30% activity time in sunlight, but only about 4% active directly
underneath a metal-hooded 75 watt bulb that seems as bright or
brighter than the sunlight was. Surely there must be a better
substitute for sunlight. The specs say not for indoor light but
I didn't realise it was that bad. (used to the slowness I guess
but darn, now I know what I'm missing...)

Terry Newton


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