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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

solar panels are typically pretty warm already. There are even panels that allow you to push water through them to keep them cool.

I wonder if that would be more effective than dumping resistive heating into water. I suppose it could still be bad for the panel, i would assume panel manufacturers would have data on this, but im too lazy to look it up because whatever site they have is probably a shitfest that i wouldn't be able to navigate easily.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yeah, when I looked them up they recommended a dump load to mitigate fire risk, since however hot they get normally is the baseline for when all the energy they produce gets turned into heat on the panel as well.

Gotta send extra power somewhere, and better to send it someplace built for it than into the expensive thing that's not.