Sylgard 184 on front ?

[kermitas]

Have you yourself worked with sylgard ? I guess so It sounds like it. I still have trouble with bubbles. I might be inpatient I guess.

Mark is this guy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muwclw5oYd8 .

If you asking me then no, I still didn't manage to buy it. eBay sellers had hollidays break, Superior Essex also.

I asked Mark if I can use Sylgard on front of the cells and here is his answer :

You can try it but i think in 5 year's you will regreat the little money you saved. Mark

Thats not good because now I am looking for the way to eliminate solar glass (it is very heavy, with frame whole panel starts to be very havey - no one of my fences will be able to keep 5 or 10 of them ).

If Syglard can't go on front I started to think about very thin plexiglas on front and polycarbonate as backing (cells glued to it)...

Wayne, you also said that Sylgard can't go on front - even not so thin layer. Can you tell me in simple word why ? (Once-twice a yer we have got there a little ice storm.)

[DeltaFox 25]

It can't go on the front because it will not take the punishment of the weather like hail and other things.

Longer service life in adverse environments
Virtually unaffected by weather -- rain, snow, humidity, ozone, or the sun's damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays -- for many years This is with a glass front.
I'm looking into a product PV 6010 Dow corning ,I'm writing them.

[scottSUN]

It can't go on the front because it will not take the punishment of the weather like hail and other things.

Longer service life in adverse environments
Virtually unaffected by weather -- rain, snow, humidity, ozone, or the sun's damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays -- for many years This is with a glass front.
I'm looking into a product PV 6010 Dow corning ,I'm writing them.

Solar-Tite 384 works better than Sylgard, it maintained the efficiency of the solar cells better than Sylgard

Also Solar-Tite 384 is the REAL ROOM TEMPERATURE cure solar cell encapsulant. It is low in viscosity and gets hard in a matter of a few hours. No need for heating pads, blow dryers or the likes. Also, Solar-Tite 384 does not have the problem with air bubbles that other solar cell encapsulants are notorious for. it is also much cheaper i recently bought 8 times 500ml containers on ebay for $180au. almost half cost to sylgard 184 Specifications


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[russ]

Hi Scott - Welcome to Solar Panel Talk!

Good information and many will be interested!

Russ

[Alan]

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"
Solar-Tite 384 works better than Sylgard, it maintained the efficiency of the solar cells better than Sylgard"

is there some data to back this up or.....

just your hyped up spin on how to sell more of your product?

I'm sure it is better than slygard, I'm also pretty sure your claim above is unsubstantiated.