Tips to Choose the Right Solar Panel for Your Battery

Are you looking for the right solar panel to charge your battery? Here are some tips to help you choose the right one.

When selecting a solar panel to charge your battery, it is essential to ensure that the voltage of the solar panel is greater than the fully charged voltage of the battery by 20-30%. For instance, a 6V battery requires an 8-9V solar panel, and a 12V battery requires a 15-18V solar panel.

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Another crucial factor to consider is the solar panel’s Voltage Open Circuit (VOC), which should be between 1.4 and 1.8 times the nominal battery bank voltage. Suppose you have a 24-volt system, in that case, the VOC should be between 33.6V and 43.2 volts.

In addition to voltage, also consider the amperage of the solar cell. The amperage will fluctuate with sun exposure and determine how long it takes to recharge the battery. By keeping these factors in mind, you can choose the perfect solar panel to power your battery.

Choosing the right solar panel for your battery is crucial to ensure optimal performance and longevity. Keep these tips in mind when selecting your solar panel, and you’ll be on your way to powering your devices with renewable energy.

Findy Solar has been a custom solar solution provider and high efficiency custom solar panels manufacturer in China since 2006.

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Introduction of Findy Solar

Since 2006, Findy Solar has been committed to designing and manufacturing premium quality and high efficiency customized solar panels. They work closely with their clients from the initial stage of product development, to providing technical support and optimized solar panel design options, to fulfil the specific needs of our client’s requirements. 

With their 15+ years of experience in solar industry, Findy Solar has developed a complete range of customized solar panels, in a variety of sizes, shapes, materials and outputs, for a wide range of solar applications including IoT devices (internet of things), wireless sensors, transportation, marine, agriculture, parking, security, and weather monitoring etc.

Experienced team & highly skilled staff

  • Their R&D and management teams have more than 15 years of experience in the solar industry. They have a very high sensitivity to the entire industry.
  • With many years of rich experience, their team knows how to adopt the latest solar technology in time and how to improve the equipment to apply it to actual production; how to layout and design solar cell arrays in order to achieve the highest power output in the most compact size; how to choose high quality and suitable raw materials, etc.
  • They employ the highest skilled and trained employees within the industry, and our staff turnover is the lowest. 
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Advanced production & testing equipment

Findy Solar utilize the most advanced and cutting edge technology within the industry, and they have automated solar cell laser cutting machines, automated solar cell stringing machines, solar panel laminators, EL testers, and other professional solar panel testing equipment. This advanced equipment not only improves their production efficiency, it also ensures the consistency of products, and saves a lot of labor costs.

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High efficiency solar cells

  • The core component of a solar panel is the solar cell, which directly affects the electrical performance and stability of the solar panel itself. Therefore, to achieve optimal & maximum efficiency, it is of paramount importance that we only utilize high-quality and the most efficient solar cell configuration. Findy Solar always choose solar cells that are both highly efficient and have superior low-light performance.
  • In addition to using traditional high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells, they also actively adopt high efficiency back-contact solar cells to meet the specific needs of each of our individual clients.
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Strict quality control

  • Throughout every stage of the production process, starting with the selection of the raw materials, to ending with the finished products Findy Solar employ the stricted quality control measures and procedures within the industry. 
  • They are highly selective and only choose premium quality solar cells, and then they have to pass our stringent testing procedures before assembly. All of their solar panels have to pass a final visual inspection test and our 100% electrical performance test before they are ready for packaging and shipping.
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Excellent customer service

  • Honesty and trustworthiness are their primary operating principles. They are committed to providing clients with the highest quality, and the most efficient solar panels at the most competitive prices.
  • Findy Solar provide their clients with advice, feedback and they offer constant and open communication throughout every stage of the ordering process. 
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Custom Solar Panels – WSL Solar

WSL Solar has been a professional manufacturer of custom solar panels and solar solution provider in China since 2006. With our in-house R&D team and management team for over 17 years’ experience in solar industry, we can design and develop customized solar panels in a variaty of sizes, shapes and outputs according to our client’s specific requirement, and provide solution support start from their initial product development stage.

Welcome to contact us for high quality customized solar panels.

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How to Connect Solar Cells?

When we produce customized solar panels according to the specific needs of customers, we usually need to cut the solar cells into small pieces, and then connect the small pieces of solar cells in series or parallel as needed to form a solar cell string. Then, different numbers of solar cell strings are connected according to the required electrical performance to form a solar panel.

According to different types of solar cells and different production processes, there are usually two ways to connect solar cells.

For traditional crystalline silicon solar cells, in mass production, the connection method is usually through an automatic string welding machine. The positive electrode of one solar cell is connected to the negative electrode of the adjacent solar cell with a soldering ribbon to form a solar cell string. Using a string welding machine can not only greatly improve production efficiency and save labor costs, but also ensure product consistency.

For back-contact solar cells, in mass production, the connection method is usually to attach the solar cells to the PCB board through an SMT machine in a designed way, and then solder the solar cells together through reflow soldering. Or use an automatic string welding machine to connect in series or parallel in the same way as traditional crystalline silicon solar cells.

WSL Solar has been a quality and professional manufacturer of custom solar panels, solar mini panels, IoT solar panels and solar solution provider in China since 2006.
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Source of origin: https://www.wsl-solar.com/Product_News/2023/1130/how-to-connect-solar-cells.html

The working principle and advantages and disadvantages of organic solar cells

Organic Solar Cell (OSC) is a solar cell made of organic materials such as dyes or conjugated polymers, which can convert sunlight into electrical energy, and has high stability and preparation flexibility.

Organic solar cells work by absorbing sunlight and photons excite and separate charges to form charge carriers. In organic solar cells, conjugated polymers are usually used as charge transport materials, in which cations or oxides with low ionization potential are used as electron acceptors, and the charge transfer between the conjugated group and the electron acceptor constitutes the charge separation, the process of transport, which is the determinant of the performance of organic solar cells.

Organic Solar Cell

Compared with traditional silicon solar cells, organic solar cells have the characteristics of low manufacturing cost, good flexibility, and adjustable color. Specifically, their main advantages are:

Low manufacturing cost: Compared with silicon solar cells, the manufacturing cost of organic solar cells is lower, and the preparation process is simple, and simple preparation methods such as printing can be used.

Good flexibility: Since organic solar cells use flexible organic substances and substrates, they have higher bendability and thinness, and can be made into various forms of flexible solar cells.

Adjustable color: organic solar cells are made of organic materials such as dyes or conjugated polymers, and the color range of solar cells can be adjusted by changing the type and ratio of materials.

Organic solar cells also have some disadvantages, mainly including:

Low Efficiency: Current organic solar cells have lower conversion efficiencies than crystalline silicon solar cells.

Poor stability: Organic substances are more easily affected by factors such as light, oxygen, and moisture. Therefore, organic solar cells have poor stability and are hardly suitable for long-term stable operation.

Short lifespan: Due to the relatively short lifespan of organic solar cell materials, the stable output of solar cells cannot be guaranteed for a long time.

At present, organic solar cell technology is still under continuous research and development, and its advantages in flexibility, low cost, and adjustable color still have great prospects and potential.

Posted by Carrie Wong | WSL Solar Co., Ltd.
WSL Solar has been a quality and professional manufacturer of customized solar panels and solar solution provider in China since 2006.
https://www.wsl-solar.com

What is PET Solar Panel?

PET Solar Panel means that the top layer of encapsulated material is PET film, which is a plastic film with a light transmittance of about 85%. Its surface can look shiny without any treatment, and if it is sprayed with a layer of frosted, it will look matte and a little rough to the touch.


PET solar panels are customized products with small sizes or low power output. The product structure is PET Film + EVA + Solar Cells + EVA or not + PCB. The solar cells are cut into small pieces by a laser machine, and the voltage and the electric current can be done as per the requirements, and then the single-layer transparent PET, EVA, solar cells, EVA, PCB backplanes are sequentially placed in a solar laminator for lamination. After about 20 minutes, take it out and then stick a soft and transparent protective film on the surface of the solar panel.

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What are the advantages of PET solar panels?
1. It is suitable for the production of solar modules of various sizes and different voltages and currents to meet different application scenarios.
2. Quality standards are lower than glass laminated solar panel.
3. Short lamination time and high production efficiency.
4. Low cost.

What are the disadvantages of PET solar panels?
1. Long-term exposure to the outdoors will make the PET film hard, brittle, and discolored, reducing the light transmittance of the solar panel, and at the same time, it can’t well protect the PV cells inside to avoid oxidation and corrosion. If the surface is frosted, this layer of frosted will start to fall off and become very ugly after about 0.5 years.
2. Because the lamination time is not enough, the cross-linking degree of the entire solar panel will not meet the requirements.
3. It can’t resist the relatively large impact from the outside.

What are the applications of PET solar panels?
Used for solar lawn lights, solar wall lights, solar handicrafts, solar toys, solar radios, solar flashlights, solar mobile phone chargers, solar small water pumps, solar home/office power supplies and portable mobile power systems and other products.
It is not recommended to use PET solar panels that need to be placed outdoors for a long time and have a life expectancy of more than 2 years.

WSL Solar has been a quality and professional manufacturer of custom solar panels, solar mini panels, IoT solar panels and solar solution provider in China since 2006.

https://www.wsl-solar.com

Original source: https://www.wsl-solar.com/Product_News/2022/0411/what-is-PET-solar-panel.html

Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell vs IBC Solar Cell

This video mainly introduces the difference between Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell vs. IBC Solar Cell, and the difference between Mono Solar Cell vs. Poly Solar Cell. Hope it can help you better understand different types of solar cells.

Created by Carrie Wong | WSL Solar

WSL Solar has been a quality and professional manufacturer of customized solar panels and solar solution provider in China since 2006.

https://www.wsl-solar.com

How to Inquire a Custom Solar Panel?

There are different types of custom solar panels: tempered glass solar panel or PET solar panel; mono solar panel or poly solar panel; black solar panel or white solar panel; with frame or not; with junction box or with ribbon only; need wire and terminal or not etc. Do you know how to inquire a custom solar panel? Hope this video could be helpful for you.

How to Inquire a Custom Solar Panel?

Quality Customized Solar Panel with High Efficiency Back Contact Solar Cell (>21% Efficiency) – WSL Solar.

As a custom solar panel manufacturer, we always keep us updated on the latest solar cell technology, aim to work out the optimized solar panel design and find the right solution to support our customer during their initial product development stage.

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Quality Customized Solar Panel from WSL Solar.

Quality is always the first thing for us. We stick to strict quality control, from raw material sourcing, manufacturing process to finished product testing, we pay attention to details in each step, to deliver our clients the right solar panel for their solar application.

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