Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #10788



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "FCO Enr." fco@total.net
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 04:23:35 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Combining Solar Cells


greetings,

Well I've been experimenting with my 1381 SE and
trying to figure out how to boost it's energy gathering capability.
My idea was to use 10 SCPDs and a SC2433 together to make
a solarengine that could work quite actively under my normal
room lighting.

I did a few tests, wiring the 10 SCPDs in series WITH
the SC2433 under my regular lighting produced a pin to pin
voltage of 5+v, but when I wired it to the SE circuit and monitored
the circuit voltage, I was seeing a super slow increase in voltage.
When I removed the 10 SCPDs I noticed it was charging FASTER!

So then I tried using the SC2433 in parallel with the 10 SCPDs
wired in parallel I noticed everytime I connected the 10 SCPDs into the
loop whatever circuit voltage I had dropped to aprox 0.45 volts and
it stayed there!

I looked through my electronics theory book but I didn't
see any mention of such wiring and so I don't know what could
possibly be wrong.

I would appreciate any help, especially theoretical info
that could help me put it into perspective.

thank you for your time!

Andy
fco@total.net

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10789 Thursday, 24 February 2000 3:10 Re: Have you guys been busy or something? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Dennison Bertram
>You know what I'm going to say don't you? That's right. Every peice of
mail
>on this list is important. Unless it's just plain spam. I like these twenty
>e-mail's besides, this e-mail list is FOR debating stuff like this. If
>you've forgotten. :-) So, debate on! More e-mails!
>
>dennison
>----- Original Message -----
>From:
>To:
>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:11 PM
>Subject: Re: Have you guys been busy or something?
>
>
>> yeah, i must admit that has been a very heated dbate. i just gave up
>trying
>> to keep up with these guys, i'll keep my thoughts on that one to myself.
>And
>> for all you people posting those 20 some messages a day on that, QUIT IT!
>i
>> think everybody gets the point, you'll get no where just debating on it,
>> write an editoral or something and post it on your web page!!!
>>
>> -Spencer
>>
>

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