Protect your solar cells
I was just doing some research into the electronics end of solar cells and solar panels. Did you know that if you have a panel in the sun and a cell gets shaded that it can cause trouble for panel, and even burn out the shaded cell? And no matter what it reduces your efficiency for the cells that are in the sun by a lot.
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