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Interested pending price

Interested

Interested if the price is right.

Interested pending price

Interested

Final specs and product pics can be found in OP.

Interested!

Spec looks good, although this FAQ question gave me pause:

Most solar cell manufacturers warrant a 25 year service life for things like rooftop modules. The 4 to 5 years specified by Blitzwolf seems very short in that context. Is there a reason why the service life for this portable panel is so much shorter?

I believe it’s because these portable panels are subject to more use and abuse being stuffed in a backpack, folded and unfolded numerous times and are generally put in harm’s way much more often than a rooftop panel. True, rooftop panels must contend with weather, but they aren’t being physically manipulated over and over. My thoughts anyway.

Interested if the price is right.

PET, polyethylene, is going to get damaged by the sun. You’re not going to see much of that on roofs.

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Might as well join in.

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Interested
Depends on price

Interested price dependant

Interested, thanks

Interested.
Thanks, Freeme

Good point, that makes sense.

The problem’s not the solar panel as such, it’s the tradeoff between PET encapsulation being lighter and less fragile but subject to UV damage, or toughened glass being UV proof but very heavy.

I already have various panels with PET encapsulation, and I haven’t seen any degradation yet, so that puts my mind at rest. It also occurs to me that UV damage tends to be concentrated near the surface of a material, so it may well be possible to use an abrasive polish to repair the PET by removing the surface layer if it does start to yellow under UV. An experiment to try, if I ever need to :slight_smile:

All very true, but those effects tend to cause sudden failure, whereas the FAQ seemed to be implying gradual failure over time. The gradual failure aspect was the thing that piqued my curiosity.