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 Not too bad! Not too bad!
  
-I was reasonably happy with this result. There is some white discolouration on the solar cells visible in that photo. That discolouration wasn't present when I took the panel out of the mould. It formed shortly after I put it in the sun for this test. It seems to have been formed by some combination of:+I was reasonably happy with this result. There is some grey discolouration on the solar cells visible in that photo. That discolouration wasn't present when I took the panel out of the mould. It formed shortly after I put it in the sun for this test. It seems to have been formed by some combination of:
  
   * UV radiation,   * UV radiation,
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 This seemed to indicate that the voltage limit was related to the temperature of the panel. Part of the way through this test the panel fell into shade, probably at the inflection point at 2710 seconds. This seemed to indicate that the voltage limit was related to the temperature of the panel. Part of the way through this test the panel fell into shade, probably at the inflection point at 2710 seconds.
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 +I built a new blinker with two 35F supercaps attached and ran another test.
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 +Looking good!
  
 ==== Failure ==== ==== Failure ====
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