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How Solar Works
Solar Power Questions:
Can you work a solar powered car without sunlight?
We are doing a project at school and there's no sun out. How do i make it work? (still being solar powered)
By definition, solar means from the sun. If there is no sunlight, you are not using solar power.
What you want to know is if there is an artificial light that can you can shine on a photovoltaic panel to get out electricity. You probably can find such a source, but it must be intense to get out the same power that the sun would provide. Furthermore, the efficiency of a solar car vanishes if you have to use artificial light because you need something to generate the electricity to run the artificial light source.
