Solar Hot Water: Boiling Diodes test! Solar electric cooking research #solarheat #solarwaterheater
Solid state solar-electric heating elements are potentially very useful for solar electric cooking, solar hot water and solar heating. (https://youtu.be/6D0aUmkUQSQ) They can cook food, heat water and produce space heat directly off of solar panels. The main benefit is they can extract more heat from the same solar panels versus resistance heating elements (this will be explained in part 2 of the video series). Here are a few clips from my solar workshop where I am investigating the potential of solid state heating elements for solar cooking and heating applications. This video is part of a series investigating Solar Electric Heating with Solid State semiconductor heating elements. Diode strings are a very efficient way to get the most electric heat possible out of a PV solar panel array, and I became very interested in applying this technology. ___________________________________________ Part 1 of series - first heating element tests: https://youtu.be/6D0aUmkUQSQ This video (solar hot water test) Part 2 explaining how solar powered solid state heating elements work: https://youtu.be/42XIbHA9Dv0 ___________________________________________ It's hard to believe, but simple diode strings (diode chains), which are semiconductor junctions and some of the most basic electronic components available, can actually hold the Voltage of Maximum Power (Vmp) of a solar panel array nearly all day. And they can do this without any supporting electronics. They are a practical heating element for solar electric heating and PV-to-Load applications. PV-to-load is the concept of attaching useful loads directly to PV solar panel arrays (direct solar electric DC power), bypassing the traditional battery, inverter and charge controller setup. Operating heating loads directly off of solar panels makes sense as it saves wear and tear on expensive discrete solar power components and equipment. See videos below for more information about this concept. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 🟢 Other videos ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 🟢 Solar Heating and Cooking Playlist - PV-to-Load https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8a6nRTNyF9NZkjFgjfESLujgdZFTgdym ----------------------------------------------------------------------