TwilightZone
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- Jun 27, 2021
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I'll be shocked if these are 1/32. If I can find my micrometer, I'll see.My flexible solar panels were literally 1/8 of an inch thick, super thin plastic that you can roll up into a tube if you wanted. If you pick them up they droop like crazy. Pretty sure I broke a few cells as I heard a few crunches while taking them out of the box.
From what I read, black panels on a solid surface will lead to the panels overheating and the plastic will delaminate within a year or 2. The airgap gives them a bit of cooling
My panels are on a curvy roof. The signboard is flexible too so they sorta bend with the roof. VHB tape is ridiculously strong, you technically only need like 8-10 inches of contact to keep them on the roof. I lined the front, back and sides with tape and they haven't budged.