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Solar Power. Does it store energy? I don't really understand..?
so we have a bunch of garden accessories outside, and they only light up at night time. They have solar panels on them, so obviously they absorb light during the day right? But that also means that it must be stored for it to turn on at night.
So what if your house was solar powered? Wouldn't the solar energy be stored also? Meaning it would only power your home at night and not the day?
I'm not sure if I understand how that works. The photovaltaic cells convert light into electricity, so wouldn't that mean the garden fixtures would be on all day also?
Those solar gadgets store electricity because they contain batteries, not because they have solar panels. The panels are merely a device that converts light into electricity, the panels themselves don't store anything at all. Most solar-powered lights have a sensor (shielded so their own light can't be seen by the sensor) in them, that only switches them on when it's dark.
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