Peltier Generating More Watts Than A Solar Panel

[TheOne]

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[pese]

 
MOR SIMPLY the "metering warong" is to unse car lamps as load.

Your "light" is directly comimg to brain and to understand, what power comes out
to load CAR-lamps (bulbs) tha are to find at 5 10 21 50 watt. (12 volts)

after this you can try to understand your "volt/Ampere Meters)
Pese

[exnihiloest]

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If the same number of peltier squares were connected in series (960) of them the output would be:
960 x 200ma=  192 amps
960 x 20mv  =  19.2 volts
or
w=va     192 amp x  19.2 volts=  3686 watts

Wrong calculation.
As the elements are in series, the voltages add but the current remains the same.
960 peltier squares give 19.2v, 0.2 A, thus P = 3,84 W which is far less than a solar panel of same area.

[spinner]

Wrong calculation.
As the elements are in series, the voltages add but the current remains the same.
960 peltier squares give 19.2v, 0.2 A, thus P = 3,84 W which is far less than a solar panel of same area.

Absolutely.
Peltier effect is indeed an interesting thing... But..

Like most of the people already said, the electricity produced is relative to a HEAT difference between the Peltier element sides, and it's perfectly CoE obedient. In fact, it's one of the worst energy converters (in a thermodynamical sense).

Without going into details, I'd say it has at least a few times lower efficiency than a 'same area' solar cell (which depends on different, photoelectric effect).

Check your measurements, use a known resistor for a load and measure voltage across it's terminals.
Ohm's law will tell you the rest.
Cheers!