• Aeri@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Stupid question but can we not like, make toggleable solar panels? Like if I Just pull the plug extracting power from a solar panel does it explode or break or something?

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      23 days ago

      Not really. You can discharge into the ground, but for large installations even the ground has a limited (local) capacity.

      Edit: explain yourselves, downvoting cowards

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        23 days ago

        I have no idea what i am talking about… But what would happen if you pulled a black tarp over the panel? Could even be automatic like the blends on a building. And even partial.

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            23 days ago

            You’re telling me a toggleable panel that flips when it needs to is too expensive? You’re already installing the panels. You’re already doing all that. The only difference is the material on the back side of the panel and of course some sort of crank and shaft to rotate it.

            Or if only there was some sort of powered component that could rotate it when it reached the capacity you know since the name of the game is power

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              23 days ago

              In addition to what allero said, you seem to only be considering future installations rather than existing ones. Retrofitting existing equipment is massively more expensive than changing a design prior to building it.