INCREASING Solar Panel Output for CHEAP!

To test the power from rear illumination simply cover the panels themselves.. what you have left after they are covered on the front is what is being added from the rear.... this makes it easy to test.

As you get closer to high reflection on the back you might want to protect the connectors and wires from the light/heat.

It’s pretty cool, that’s a pretty significant boost. I think another thing that would help would be to raise the panels up off the ground so you had less of a shadow space. If you lifted those 6 feet off the ground, you would eliminate more than half of that shadow space, and increase the amount of reflection that would affect the bottom of the panels I would think. 🤔

Nice I did the exact same thing I painted my rocks white and that worked amazingly well then I added a reflective panel like you did and that completed it and everything charges really well and I added white glow rocks around the panels and now it charges even at night for about 3 hours although its not much of a charge being at night but I was very surprised to see that it actually works, thank you for the video

There are some test that show in some situations vertical bifacial panes mounted vertically actually are the best idea. And some have even had the panels facing east west not south. The reason this works so well is the cooling effect. Panels that heat up drop in efficiency enough to be a problem

Great video. For anyone up north bifacial is the way to go if you can ground mount. I found bifacial to be really beneficial for colder climates. Those cloudy/winter days is where it shines.

Andy, You are a premier explainer and researcher among the best, if not the best! Many thanks for your efforts! 👍👍👍

The thought came to me that one way around any inverter problems is to use as many dc appliances as possible . I have a small dc refrigerator that my panels run just fine . Also a dc coffee pot and a small dc water heater .

I used some mirrors, that can be purchased from thrift shops or discount stores, which greatly increased the watts.

Good work, lots of knowledge and effort getting good results!

I love when you experiment and share your findings! Also when you stumble upon new knowledge to pass on. 👼🎅🎄Merry Christmas to you and Tiffany🎄🎅👼 (and the boys too!)

This was GREAT! One of your best videos yet, IMO. I have the 100 w Ecoflow foldable bi facial panels, so the reflective bubble wrap will help speed up charging. Thank you for taking the time doing all the 'tests' to save us the guesswork.

Bifacial Poly Crystallines for me! Most days there are cloudy, especially during Autumn and Winter Months, but even during all months. Polyscrystallines still produce.

BTW, been doing a test of my own. I don't have bifacial panels but while working on angling the panels on top of my TT I found that having the front set of panels laying flat and the back set angled I gained a lot of power. The reflection off the flat panels helped the back get more light. Usually from around 2:30 on I lose a lot of power whether it's sunny or not due to trees. However since laying the front panels down I am more than doubling my power from 2:30 on. Cloudy days I was lucky to get 3 to 4 kwh but now regularly get 5 to 6 plus kwh. Even now where it's been cloudy since 1:30 today I'm over 6.1kwh with an hour and a half of daylight or so to go and still getting 485 watts. Before I'd get around 145 watts with the panels all angled.

The reflection helps but the carboard may have blocked cooling affecting output too. Thanks for sharing this, very interesting

We have 9 x 195w Eco-Worthy regular panels and they have been working excellent!! Very happy with their performance with our Bluetti’s thus far!

Thanks for all the work 👊

Never even thought about this thank you.

There are roof coatings that reflect 98% of light. You could paint panels with something like that to help gather light. 💡🤓

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