Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful

Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by 6f8986c3 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:47PM (#27797872)

Don’t solar panels have a life span of like 20 years?

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by dv_dt on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:55PM (#27797897)

Typically they’re warranted to keep supplying something like 80% at the 20 year mark. They’ll actually keep producing a lot longer than that.

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by dboreham on Sunday July 11, 2021 @07:06AM (#27799912)

They can however fail like any piece of electronics (source: I owned a panel that failed due to cell foil contact separation).

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by dv_dt on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:02PM (#27813182)

So I assume the panel was replaced under warranty? Was everything pretty much covered, or maybe you had to pay for some installer labor?

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by 6f8986c3 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:49PM (#27798327)

I did not know that. Thanks!

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by post_break on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:58PM (#27797911)

The panels I will be installing guarantee 90% output after 25 years.

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by pfdietz on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:48PM (#27802435)

Europe's oldest grid-connected PV system is 35 years old, and still running. Inverters had to be replaced 5 times though.

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by clncy on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:24PM (#27798038)

The life span of the inverter also needs to be considered

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