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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by c7b on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:11PM (#33376138)
How do you turn solar panels on (or off)? I thought they just generate energy whenever light shines on them - if you don't take it out as electricity, they'll just heat up instead. Is that what you meant?
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by barbacoa on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:35PM (#33376566)
>How do you turn solar panels on (or off)?

They probably mean there is an issue with getting approval from city/utility company to connect them to the grid.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by dzhiurgis on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:34PM (#33376545)
> heat up instead

Given ~20% efficiency I’d guess they heat up by ~20%

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by wrycoder on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:18PM (#33378692)
Open circuit, they merely generate a small voltage that blocks carrier drift, and thereby, useful current.
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by wccrawford on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:40AM (#33383535)
There are breakers and disconnects. The more complicated systems can even control what circuits are powered, and when.
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