It seems like it should be relatively simple to build a test setup where
you could just shine some kind of a light on it, and measure the output
compared to a new panel... whether or not it would be worth the bother for
anybody to do that, is another matter.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:42 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> There must be a way...
>
> My Father-in-law works at a lab at Cornell where they wanted a number of
> panels with all exactly the same efficiency for a research project.  Not
> sure the test method, but obviously they figured one out.
>
>
> On 6/4/2021 3:05 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> How do you guage a level of used on solar panels? Age? Visual issues? Can
> you test efficiency reliably, like set up a uv light and specified distance
> in dark room and measure output? As they age what's the curve look like on
> efficiency loss?
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 1:12 PM David Coudron <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> What you see on snail roads.
>>
>> I am guessing they are smears of some kind that affect the clear top
>> layer?
>>
>> Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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>> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 1:09:14 PM
>> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] solar panels
>>
>>
>> Some of the used ones list defects in the description. Saw one that said
>> "cracked", and another said "snail tracks". WTH are snail tracks?
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 6/4/2021 11:05 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>
>> Ah, they are used.  I wonder how much used...
>>
>> *From:* Robert
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 11:59 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] solar panels
>>
>> I haven't seen anything that will beat this.  $45/panel for 224watts.
>>
>>
>> https://shop.signaturesolar.us/products/224w-60cell-silver-poly-solar-panel-by-sharp
>>
>> On 6/4/21 10:37 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>
>> Who has the best deals for solar panels these days?
>>
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