Re: PV: re: midway labs story

["Chris Meier" <mr23@pclink.com>]

Robert, thank you for another viewpoint on Midway Labs
and their products.  Apparently I overreacted after reading
Doug Pratt's response, and as Ian and others pointed out,
Home Power Magazine doesn't (and can't possibly) review
all products advertised in their magazine, and they hadn't
reviewed Midway Labs.

As a lurker on the solar-concentrator list, I should also
have guessed the demise of Midway Labs, as there
have been recent posts on the topic of high concentration
(hundreds of suns) on normal cells and encapsulants.

Originally I was expecting some other answer, as I
thought they were using cells that could stand 250 suns
(ie, properly heatsinked, etc), and assembly techniques
that wouldn't degrade in the high temps.

Thanks again, Robert, for the technical info you provided.

Christopher M. Meier
MR23 http://www.geocities.com/~mr23


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Warren" <robertwarren@mail.com>
To: "mr23" <mr23@prodigy.net>; <pvusers@crest.org>
Cc: <ian.woofenden@homepower.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 7:58 PM
Subject: RE: PV: re: midway labs story


> Re: Midway Labs.
> The recent comment about Midway Labs products
> being "substandard, they deserved to die...." I
> think that is a bit harsh. .... So, the
> tremedous intensity of the sun started to burn
> cells, and after one and a half years, production
> was down to about 30 watts. ...


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