[Power] SA

[Ed McNierney]

Paul -

Remember that while "sunny" is good for solar panels, "extremely hot" is not.  Solar panels work better at low temperatures rather than high ones.

	- Ed

On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Paul Commons wrote:

> In South Africa, when the XOs (1.0) had some charge, the panels would
> hold the charge at a constant level, not charging or discharging.
> 
> When the XOs were completely dead, the panels would not charge the
> laptops even on an extremely hot, sunny day.
> 
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