Shattered Solar Panel

[jetcrew]

weren't they all saying they've not seen any drop in performance? not that I want to find out

and I do hate the weight of the glass ones - wish the 'flexible' ones weren't so expensive...

I'd be very very surprised if a smashed panel did not suffer a considerable drop in performance , I have seen about 10-12 over the past 2 years and all suffered 40% or more reduction.

But your right not something worth testing 

Jet

[GeoffA]

weren't they all saying they've not seen any drop in performance?

Nobody's said there was no drop in performance, but there was mention that "others" had made that claim.
Theo's correct. My repaired 100w panel will do 3.5A, about the same as a 60 watter.

and I do hate the weight of the glass ones.....

....girly-man....

[slydar]

I couldn't imagine they wouldn't suffer in some form - I thought I was going to discover how broken glass affected mine after a storm one afternoon - arrived home to find one panel blown off the shed roof (they only lay there in the off season) but aside from a slightly damaged gland it was fine. lucky I guess