{"id":1970,"date":"2012-09-27T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2017-10-26T14:26:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:56:04","slug":"how-do-solar-panels-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/how-do-solar-panels-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Solar Panels Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how solar panels actually work? We all know that they convert light into electricity &#8211; but have you ever stopped to wonder just how the heck that happens? Here I do my best to explain the inner functioning of a solar panel in plain English:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"How Do Solar Panels Work?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BuR4ndvOuW8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><!--more-->Here&#8217;s the Transcription if my Yorkshire\/Aussie mongrel accent is too much to bear:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hi I\u2019m Finn Peacock, today I\u2019m going to answer the question, \u201chow do solar panels work?\u201d A solar panel is made up of solar cells, the solar cell is the kind of beer matt sized black thing, black square, about 60 of which are put in a matrix to make up a solar panel.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so how does the solar cell turns sunlight into electricity? 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