Fake outputs on flexible solar panels | Buying

uniko_designs · 2025-01-15T08:39:35.886000Z

I want to know why ebay allows sellers of flexible solar panels to write whatever output they want, such as 300W, 350W 400W from panels of half a square meter which cannot be done, some are advertised at 500W from a 1320 x 820 panel, which is technologically impossible with todays cells for such a small panel. There is another seller stating 500W output from a 540mm x 430mm panel !!!!!!Anyone that knows anything about solar panels from the physical size and the maximum efficiency solar cells are made from, knows it's impossible for these panels to output that much power. Every seller is promoting ridiculously high outputs from these small panels, that the average buyer doesn't understand why their promised 400W panel is only outputting 90W under full summer sun. ebay needs to get their act together with these sellers because they are ripping off the buyer, I have had 4 mates buy them only to find out the maximum output was 1/3 or even 1/4 the stated, outputs were tested using solar irradiance meter and specialised solar panel wattage output devices, I told them all to send the panels back. Another problem is majority of these panels are being sold from Regens Park, or Villawood in Sydney, it seems coincidental that there is 40 different sellers in Villawood selling under rated panels, IMO it's the same seller with 40 different ebay store names. You guys need to stop these sellers ripping off the unsuspecting buyer.

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