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Correction:
6:01 Video shows 8.0A x 0.5V = 240W, should be 8.0A x 30V = 240W
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The last animation that shows the entire process of photoelectric effect into producing a voltage and a current through the LED is so good.

[@mrwess1927]

Agreed, learned something

[@brianquinn988]

It’s fire

[@brianquinn988]

@@user-hh6ex9md4w that’s flames

[@blacklight683]

It feel so satisfying seeing electrons filling the hole like it's "fire"

[@Chevifier]

​@@brianquinn988 No its light😂

[@stefanosnoutsos]

My god, this has been the best training video for Solar by far. Doesn't make you lose focus not even for a second. I work as an Electrical Supervisor in an EPC company and will definitely tell the about PVcase as well. And I will share this video with our construction & engineering team. Keep up the amazing content.

[@EngineeringMindset]

Great to hear!

[@javediqbal-ko6nv]

@@EngineeringMindset bro but i have checked out that electricity can not produce light even infrared through solar panel as mentioned in the video

[@matthewcovington2699]

I’m a NABCEP board certified inspector for PV systems and about to have a degree in electrical engineering in February. And this is one of the more in depth Solar centered videos I’ve ever seen. Absolutely amazing. I will definitely tell our design people about the pvcase tool as well, it sounds great. Thank you! I plan to tell everyone I work with to watch this

[@sampleoffers1978]

Find a metal or element that has same frequency as the usable spectrum and build lid for solar panels.

[@matthewcovington2699]

@@sampleoffers1978 they’re multilayer filtering by different colors from the spectrum. That, so far, sounds like the way that’s working best, but I could be a little out of the loop by now. Idk the physics behind what you’re talking about, but it sounds good. Frequency is an odd thing to try to discuss with people when it comes to physics. Fringe made it even harder.

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​@@matthewcovington2699tell Fringe to piss off and stop complicating matters!

[@jordanwills574]

Sir, you are officially the guy Engineering students/trainees go to when the professors and textbooks fail to do their job. Amazing! 🙌

[@me0101001000]

I hope you'll talk about other types of solar cells soon, especially dye sensitized solar cells, QD solar cells, and perovskite solar cells! I'm extremely passionate about those! Plus, you can do some pretty impressive performance enhancement with concentrators.

[@SnowingNapalm]

Yeah simple mirror concentrators but then the increased heat significantly damages the cells quicker reducing lifespan which means you have to research cooling for panels to increase efficiencys of protection of panels like how many layers deep you'd like to go... solar evacuated tube heaters for steam power can use the heat energy of the photons bombardment to drive physical motions which can be turned into electricity via motor run as a generator possibly being more stable long lasting but as you need to clean panels from dust the same is true for polished metal mirrors or even plastic coated reflective paint mirrors... materials science matters as well as the patterns of cycle and how many "losses" tax your useful power generation... now heat is technically energy and could be reabsorbed but however grand and efficient you design something the more it takes the more expensive it gets to make so you must weigh the value of cost to efficiency ratios and find your favored system but not exclude other systems just for being fuel powered etc just allow, which is key word allow people to maximize the efficiencies without limitation of the previous "we could never do better than that" stifling phrase there may be a time to discourage for saftey reasons but to encourage and support instead to provide required safety so no innocent bystanders are harmed , i mean they got micro nuclear power plants running satellites drifting out to explore space for us sending back the information as best it can getting increasingly harder to track as it gets further and further from our solar system 😂

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6:02 typo, should be "8.0A x 30V" Amazing video, absolutely love the intuitive explanations on this channel, thank you!

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As usual a clear and very thorough explanation of the subject. I'm interested in solar tracking and would love for you to do a video on the topic.

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Great suggestion!

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@@EngineeringMindset thanks. Continued success to you... cheers!

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Great job!! I wish your content was readily available when I was young in the 70’s as it is now days. So many people take for granted the knowledge that is sitting in their cell phones.

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Excellent job introducting and summarizing the concepts crisply, it has been a long time since I studied them. Turns out this video was what I just needed back then, enough and worth multiple lectures.

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This is so well-explained, almost eveything included from how silicon produced in different types with different effi., how a cell is constructed, what factors influence the effi. , how the module, string, array are formed to reach different current and voltage, where lies the light to activate the electron, the PN junction... It's just amazing!

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As a science teacher, this video helps me further understand the concept of laddering of electrons and energy levels and I can simplify this to my students.

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That last part puts it all together making it understandable. Thank you for this video.

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I think this is easily my favorite video of yours, I loved every moment of it.

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Years of trying to understand it and finally this video does it for me. Kudos brotha!

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This is probably one of the best explanations of anything in a youtube video. Completely understandable, interesting and detailed. You really have a skill here in creating clean and well thought out film. I applaud you!! Subbed and buying you a coffee. Thanks!

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Information transferred to us as extensively and simply as it can be. This is SPARTA! (i.e. KZbin and The Engineering Mindset). Appreciated by heart 🥰

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I love your videos. They always explain things so well and in a way I can understand

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Glad you like them!

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He's the man, for sure. Such a great teacher.

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I’ve never needed any more answers in a topic that you covered.❤ If you prepare Battery Sizing for Off-Grid systems we couldn’t be more proud of you brotha. Thank you so much tho’

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Awesome video! The first one actually explained the solar cells working principles so clearly...

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I’ve been installing solar electrical equipment in the northeastern US since 2009. This is a good video.

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Best video and explanation of how a solar panel works I have ever seen. Schools should take notes on this.

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That's by far the best explanation of solar cell and solar energy I've ever seen 😃

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This blew my mind, a little advanced for me to recall but really interesting, great video, I'm hooked on watching more

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Brilliant video!!! Clear and concise. Very informative 💪🏿

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Excellent and comprehensive solar primer! Everyone interested in PV systems should watch this. I think you could have used higher numbers for some of your efficiencies. Modern inverters, especially for large installations, are typically >98% efficient. And modern commercial solar cells are >25% efficient and climbing.

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you are a fantastic teacher as you always helping me simplify everything about my courses. I am very grateful for that

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i'm a senior solar & alternative energy engineer and this guy explained almost 60 out of 100 about Solar engineering in 22 mins. Impressive

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Wow, blown away by the detail and graphics. great work!

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I was falling asleep watching the video but as soon as you broke the solar panel it spooked me and woke me up, now im here typing this comment while someone else reads it in current time

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This video is a gem! Thank you for this masterpiece! It'll go a long way.

[@WW-hr1hd]

Thank you so much for this excellent video! I had a PhotoVoltaic system installed on my home in 2018. Everything was handled by the solar contractor, so I didn't get to learn much about how the system works when it was installed. This video explained everything I ever wanted to know about how my system works. My system is tied to the grid but does not have a battery included in the system. As such, it's possible to have net metering with my system. So for several months in the summer I routinely produce excess electricity which I sell back to my utility, Xcel Energy. Net metering coupled with the Time of Use rate structure allows me to use electricity when rates are at their lowest, and to sell electricity back to Xcel when rates are at their highest. So I actually make money off my PV system in the summer! 🤑💰

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This is very insightful with simple explanation, easy to understand, well done!

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OUTSTANDING video and explanation. A LEGEND

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man, you put just everything togather that I have to learn. Nice animastions!

[@VeliCore]

Somehow, for some reason, this is much easier for me to understand rather than the tutorials I watched before when setting up a simple Solar power setup. 😅

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Just discovered your channel. This awesoma. I want to binge watch all.

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great from toe to the head. materials enginnering included! much appreciated

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This is the best video to explain whole working process of solar panels 👍👍

[@EngineeringMindset]

Glad you liked it

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Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.

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Amazing video ! This had me thinking : it would be great if you made a video about batteries charging, required voltage and current depending on the types, and eventually the way they behave throughout the charging process (voltage increase, heat buildup etc...)

[@EngineeringMindset]

Please see our how batteries work videos and also the alternator video for charging

[@lucasgrd4258]

@@EngineeringMindset i already saw them and i just rewatched them, but the batteries ones focus on alkaline batteries and the alternator one focus on energy production. What i'd like to see is a video that would apply to basically every batteries in spite of different voltage, capacity, materials etc. Maybe even learn how a solar charge controller actually work on the inside

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This is brilliant in more ways than one. Thank you so much.

[@EngineeringMindset]

Glad you liked it!

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Honestly, it's a great and very informative video. Thank you a lot! :)

[@EngineeringMindset]

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I’ve known this for decades but had never seen it explained so well....

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The way you show everything which is in my book in a very easy manner...if you were my teacher I would learn every topic in a very simple manner... please do explain topics related to electronics too

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[@EngineeringMindset]

Glad it was helpful

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😊

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Thanks a lot, you helped me refresh the concepts

[@ursa0607]

Very informative and interesting! Solar Panels are simpler than I thought! Thanks for the video!

[@EngineeringMindset]

Thanks for watching!

[@jgon12]

He made it easy to understand but behind the production and engineering of the semiconductor and what goes on inside the cells it's not easy lol most are 20-30 percent efficiency so they still not perfect.

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[@EngineeringMindset]

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Sir, you are officially the guy Engineering students/trainees go to when the professors and textbooks fail to do their job. Amazing!

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Oh my god, solar power finally makes sense!!!! I have never understood how they work, but for some reason this finally got through to me!!

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Thank you so so so much! I'm a high school student, and I was studying for AP Physics, and I did NOT understand solar cells at all. this made me understand and I explained it in detail to my friend, and I feel as if I can really apply it! Thank you so much! Also I built a mini solar panel for extra credit and this video helped me know what materials to buy so thanks again! I would not have passed without you :)

[@EngineeringMindset]

Awesome! glad to hear. Would be great if you could share some links to our content so we can help even more people. So much effort went into the video, so few people watched it.

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@@EngineeringMindset Of course!

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​@@EngineeringMindset I chose electrical tech as my highschool Major, you have helped me a lot as well

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Glad it was helpful!

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Beautiful, id love more videos on actuall manufacturing and equipment used

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Welcome back...love the new video edits.

[@EngineeringMindset]

Glad you like them!

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Thank you, we do also run a Brazilian Portuguese channel if it helps www.youtube.com/@MentalidadeDeEngenharia

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Great!!! Very details, very professional illustration. Thanks for your video. By the way, I set up a cooling system to maximize my solar panel efficiency on a hot day. By installing the sprinkler for 10 minutes, 5 times a day in an hour interval. I always get the maximum KW generated from the solar system.

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My pleasure 😊

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[@kenyarborough812]

You should have mentioned anti-island in the case of an power outage, and it adds cost, protects the line workers from electrocution. Since it costs more, most installs won't have ant-islanding, meaning the batteries will not power the house on a grid power failure.

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Hey, can you do "Electrical Slip Ring" / "Rotating Electrical Connector" sometime in the future? I saw a yt channel mentioned it for a second, and it looked very interesting

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Excellent video Paul, I learnt a lot. It's good to learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing.

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Glad you enjoyed it, Brian.

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Thank you

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Enjoy

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