Panel temperature

1961Nick

I’d often wondered what sort of temperature my panels reached on a hot day. I’ve just taken a reading while I was cleaning the gutters out....drumroll......83C.

mmmmikey

I hope you fried a couple of eggs on them while you were up there

1961Nick

mmmmikey wrote: »

I hope you fried a couple of eggs on them while you were up there

They kept sliding off....:(

I’ve just taken the car roof temperature for comparison....79C

1961Nick

83°C should translate to a 29% drop in performance (83-25 x 0.5).

3685w x .71 = 2616w

Today's peak generation 2910w

Best hour's generation 2.88 kW

Martyn1981

1961Nick wrote: »

They kept sliding off....:(

I’ve just taken the car roof temperature for comparison....79C

What colour is the car?

I've noticed there is a huge difference between stroking a black dog v's a light coloured one, and our white cat with large black splodges feels cool - hot - cool to the hand as you stroke him outside.

1961Nick

Martyn1981 wrote: »

What colour is the car?

I've noticed there is a huge difference between stroking a black dog v's a light coloured one, and our white cat with large black splodges feels cool - hot - cool to the hand as you stroke him outside.

MY car is tanzanite which is a dark navy blue...not too dissimilar to the tone of the panels

I wouldn't want to be a pigeon nesting underneath them!:D