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Yep! This is why solar panels typically have another diode wired in series with them, so they don't draw/waste power and emit light at night! In the solar worl
by reportingsjr 5y ago
Yep! This is why solar panels typically have another diode wired in series with them, so they don't draw/waste power and emit light at night!
In the solar world they call it a blocking diode.
- kken 5y agoNo, there is no series diode. There is an antiparallel diode to prevent solar cells from turning current into heat when they are shadowed.
- reportingsjr 5y agoA quick search of the term in my post instead of just saying no would have been useful. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/blocking-diode https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/blocking-di...