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FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months agolmao your consumer grade photovoltaic panels will not last 50 years.
My dad is still using the first 60w panel he bought in 1986, for 600$. Obvs added many more to his system, and who knows how efficient it is, but it does work, haven’t put a ampmeter on it though.
Mind you it was made in the USA, probably better materials than nowadays my
The mass market has really pushed solar panel production. I expect the material quality even of the cheap china panels to be better than what anyone was able to produce almost 40 years ago. That’s a long time to understand degradation processes and develop countermeasures.
Turun@feddit.de 5 months ago
The solar panels I just bought have a manufacturer warranty for 87% power output after 30 years.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months ago
That’s much more realistic, I like that.