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infamousdx t1_jbjz7x2 wrote

Reply to comment by coolwubla in How’s solar power doing in NJ? by Early-Consequence-61

> The fact that it’s cold in the winter has no effect on solar.

Also not entirely true in that panels become more efficient when it's below 77 degrees until, I think, 59 degrees. That is to say, on those really random chilly spring or fall days where you still have very long sunlight hours, you will see more production than you'd see during summer where you have the longest sun hours.

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jbl429 t1_jbke9sl wrote

Exactly. I'm getting more production out of my solar panels now in March where I'm really only producing from 9:30 - 3:30 than I will in the middle of July where the days are way longer, but it's 90F+ outside.

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