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Old 01-22-2010, 08:51 AM   #5 (permalink)
gasstingy
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I have subscriptions to Home Power magazine and Mother Earth News. Recently one of those two, (HP, I think) ran an editorial page dealing with these solar cells. Without being able to quote the article precisely, the gist of it was to stay away. Solar panels are manufactured in clean room type facilities and then they are sealed to prevent air from attacking the connections. They made it sound very reasonable why you would get very low performance and a short life out of home fabricated panels. My two cents worth.

The price above is a small price to pay though to prove whether they actually work or not.
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