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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: Prepube on May 02, 2015, 11:57:10 PM
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Today I found some solar panels that are about ten years old that had never been unpacked after being shipped from the manufacturer. I want to sell them on Craigslist, but have no idea how to price them. Made by the Chinese company, Hye, the set has handwritten specs on a label on the back that says the following:
Mode type: hye 50w
VOC: 4.3 or 21.3 (handwriting is kind of hard to read, and since I don't know what voc is, I have no context for guessing at the written values)
ISC: 3.17
VPMAX: 17.5
IPMAX: 2.86
PPMAX: 50(?)
Dimensions 680x630x35
Any guidance you can give me would be useful. I never know how to price stuff, but I am even more lost when I don't even know wtf I am looking at. These six panels were in a wood shipping crate that had never been opened, and that had sat in the same storage area since about 2004 with a sign posted on it that said "do not touch this". Nobody ever did until I opened it today just to see what it was. After you help me price them, want to buy them?
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Well, new panels are going for around $1/W in some configurations. It really depends on what the panels are.
Where are you located?
Mode type: hye 50w
VOC: 4.3 or 21.3 (handwriting is kind of hard to read, and since I don't know what voc is, I have no context for guessing at the written values)
ISC: 3.17
VPMAX: 17.5
IPMAX: 2.86
PPMAX: 50(?)
Dimensions 680x630x35
VOC: Voltage Open Circuit. It's 21.3v based on the other data.
ISC: Current (I) short circuit. 3.17A.
VPMAX: Voltage Point Max(imum output): 17.5v
IPMAX: Current Max - 2.86A (and, note 17.5*2.86 = 50W - which is what they're rated for)
PMAX: Power max (max rated power): 50W
They're probably worth $60 or $70 a piece, but be prepared to accept less if you want to get rid of them.
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Thank you! I knew one of you engineering folks could help me with this. I live west of Denver...actually the panels are stored in downtown Denver. I will just post them on CL for 75 and see what happens.