I bought 2 of these bi-facial panels. Use them camping and on the beach they work great. In my yard if I place them on the lawn I average around 180 to 190 watts. If I lean them on the side of the house where the siding is a whitish/beige color it reflects light back to the panel and I average around 225 to 245 watts. It seems that your yard is not friendly for solar panels. I have the same issue in the back yard with trees providing shade all day long. A tip for you when the panels get too hot for you to handle it is a good idea to spray them down with water and cool them off, as it will provide more watts.
Your expectations are unreasonable. Shading is a real problem. Rated output is based on ideal lab conditions. It is unusual to see that in the real world (except in Arizona, etc.). You need to trim your trees and obtain additional panels.
I can understand about "ideal lab conditions.". I just think that if a product is listed as 220 watts, I'd be able to see 200 plus watts going into my solar battery. The max I saw was 194 in direct sunlight with no shadow. Close, but not 220. This was my first attempt at using solar panels to charge my battery. I was unaware that the loss of energy from shadow was almost exponential.
I think ecoflow need to let this design go. I have one from 2 years ago that is three same design with the case also being the stand. It's just not a good design and it's letting them down.
I bought 2 of these bi-facial panels. Use them camping and on the beach they work great. In my yard if I place them on the lawn I average around 180 to 190 watts. If I lean them on the side of the house where the siding is a whitish/beige color it reflects light back to the panel and I average around 225 to 245 watts. It seems that your yard is not friendly for solar panels. I have the same issue in the back yard with trees providing shade all day long. A tip for you when the panels get too hot for you to handle it is a good idea to spray them down with water and cool them off, as it will provide more watts.
I need to try that spray idea.
get a 2x4 piece of wood and mount the panels sideways, upwards at an angle
their cheaper options out there. im very much considering the eco alternator
I intend on getting some different panels myself, just got to save up.
They would be called shade panels if they were meant to charge in the shade
Your expectations are unreasonable. Shading is a real problem. Rated output is based on ideal lab conditions. It is unusual to see that in the real world (except in Arizona, etc.). You need to trim your trees and obtain additional panels.
I can understand about "ideal lab conditions.". I just think that if a product is listed as 220 watts, I'd be able to see 200 plus watts going into my solar battery. The max I saw was 194 in direct sunlight with no shadow. Close, but not 220. This was my first attempt at using solar panels to charge my battery. I was unaware that the loss of energy from shadow was almost exponential.
I think ecoflow need to let this design go. I have one from 2 years ago that is three same design with the case also being the stand. It's just not a good design and it's letting them down.
I'll need to save up a bit to buy some different panels to try out.
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