Garden Light Solar Cell in Series?
I'm working on a project that involves garden light solar cells. Each one produces 1.5V (I have two of them). I have them currently wired in a series yet my readings keep coming as zero. I've checked my wiring a few times and it all seems okay. Here is the set up...
+___(+__-)___-(+__-)___- hopefully this makes sense. I am not well educated in circuit drawings. The ()s are the cells themselves and the underscores are the wires.
Help!
EDIT: So I found the problem: it was the connections in between each + and - within the solar cell. so (+__-) I had a wire connecting when I should've left it alone.
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7 years ago
yeah; like your edit, treat them like batteries -- just positive to negative if you want them to increase voltage.
[- +][- +][- +][- +]
[- +] = cell