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From: mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca (Mark W. Tilden)
Subject: Re: Solar panels for solarollers/rovers.
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 00:37:29 GMT
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In article <8hTsvS_00jeo4aa7Nq@cs.cmu.edu>,  <Ritesh.Bansal@cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>The DigiKey catalog advertises the "revolutionary" sunceram solar
>cells from Panasonic. The adverstisement also claims these cells to be
>5 times more senstive then the amorphous solar cells found in pocket
>calculators.  I wanted to use these to build some solarollers BEAM
>style.  Can anybody who has used these recommend/disrecommend them?

I recently got 100 for $81 US so I can definitely recommend them for
price.  The type I refer to is the Panasonic BP-5511C4, and they are
definitely the best amorphous solar cell I've worked with to date.
Nominal no load voltage is 2.6v and 3v peaks under sunlight.  They have
an excellent low spectrum conversion which makes them ideal for indoor
lighting conditions and a slimmer profile than blue cells of similar
class.

Best of all, and this is the big plus, they come with large, polarized,
pre-solder-wetted contacts for easy wire hookup.

I make these recommendations under no affiliation with Panasonic or
Digikey, but devices which used these cells at the BEAM Games this year 
were VERY active.

Is all.


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