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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I couldn’t get that link to work, Doug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Doug Wells<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 18, 2013 4:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] CIS mods<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Ok so its a reading night.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>There are a bunch of very good papers about this effect on all the different types of modules.<br><a href="http://cs.dogpile.com/ClickHandler.ashx?du=http%3a%2f%2fwww1.eere.energy.gov%2fsolar%2fpdfs%2fpvmrw2011_p25_tf_dunn.pdf&ru=http%3a%2f%2fwww1.eere.energy.gov%2fsolar%2fpdfs%2fpvmrw2011_p25_tf_dunn.pdf&ld=20130219&ap=4&app=1&c=info.dogpl&s=dogpile&coi=239138&cop=main-title&euip=24.147.2.48&npp=4&p=0&pp=0&pvaid=b38b38d290ad401eb6a632df17eb8c15&sid=1830193568.2660773008126.1361238904&vid=1830193568.2660773008126.1361138254.13&fcoi=417&fcop=topnav&fpid=2&ep=2&mid=9&hash=60D4EDF8C76D3C8BF8BF97A0BBCF6F57" target="_blank">www1.eere.energy.gov/…dfs/pvmrw2011_p25_tf_dunn.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Best summary of Soaking would be :   controlled exposure to light under controlled environmental conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The "soaking" seems to come from exposing the panel to light for --extended-- periods.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Thus finding the effects on the panel after it has reached a critical point of light exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Like a sponge, the panel has been fully soaked with light.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Then they observe effects.  Some pretty interesting effects in some panels.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Doug Wells<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The Solar Specialists<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Morrisville, VT 05661<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>(p) 802-223-7014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>(c) 802-498-5856<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.thesolarspecialists.com/">www.thesolarspecialists.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>