Solar panel: Boost converter Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity, but they normally protest being connected...
Solar panel: Boost converter Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity, but they normally protest being connected to high-resistance loads, like say a heating pad for my sore back. The solar panel will stop working if the voltage across its terminals, V., would be greater than 30 volts. To fix this, we put a "boost converter" between the source and the load, which transforms the solar panel from a low-voltage-high-current machine into a high-voltage-low-current machine. Boost Converter Solar Panel CopperCoil la SeriesResistance 200 680ma HeatingPad 2400 Photocurrent 11 V1 2.1A ShuntResistance 25290 Vb -(Vb/4) lal4) Va a) Find Va. Does the solar panel work? b) How much power is delivered to the heating pad? To make my back feel better, it should be getting about 60 watts. HWH01 EE2060 Dr. Faulkner