Phinnaeus Gage
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February 10, 2012, 05:03:47 PM |
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Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
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February 10, 2012, 05:50:21 PM |
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Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though.
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February 10, 2012, 06:12:34 PM |
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Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though. Actually I would be interested in longevity data for solar panels. They have been around for a while, are there any old installations that are still working?
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Phinnaeus Gage
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February 10, 2012, 06:36:21 PM Last edit: February 10, 2012, 06:55:06 PM by Phinnaeus Gage |
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Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though. Actually I would be interested in longevity data for solar panels. They have been around for a while, are there any old installations that are still working? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080911082656AAmOnYDWhat's amazing to me is that I've gone from reading that original tree post to this: http://inventorspot.com/articles/electricity_dirt_is_it_possible_17670Then this: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=42320Then this: http://www.lightingafrica.org/component/k2/itemlist/filter.html?all_langs=yes&searchword=donateTo finally this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterdicampo/life-without-lightsWhat a journey! ~Bruno~
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ZodiacDragon84
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February 11, 2012, 05:35:00 AM |
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Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig. That's pretty badass
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Phinnaeus Gage
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February 11, 2012, 03:06:49 PM |
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Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig. That's pretty badass Yep! They melt solid steel and iron, and you can get one from one an old discarded big screen TV's.
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ZodiacDragon84
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February 12, 2012, 01:20:43 AM |
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Man, that is EPIC!!!!
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February 12, 2012, 01:50:21 AM |
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Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though. Actually I would be interested in longevity data for solar panels. They have been around for a while, are there any old installations that are still working? Yea, some of the first solar panels built are still running 25+ years
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February 12, 2012, 08:40:14 PM |
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Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig. How many hash's there ?
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ZodiacDragon84
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February 12, 2012, 08:43:12 PM |
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Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig. How many hash's there ? So many, that it melts all that try to handle its raw power
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February 13, 2012, 02:26:57 AM |
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the solar panels come with a 25 year warranty and power guarantee. no, that doesn't cover baseballs or tree branches, but insurance will. so i can say with confidence that they'll still be going strong in at least 25 years.
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