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> > The diode is needed to stop the battery running the solar cells the wrong way > > round at night! > > I guess I'm really not sure about this, but I thought that the solar > cell was actually its own diode. > The one I have certainly has a diode in it, but if the cells are diodes and don't have a significant reverse flow through them, it wouldn't be needed, so now I'm not sure why it's there! Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~