backchannel: why aren’t tilted panel daily harvests higher?

Tilting panel is advantageous when the sun is relatively low in the sky (winter, higher latitudes, morning/afternoon, etc).  The question is how advantageous? Grand Canyon example A fellow excitably posted about his increased yield when tilting: 100w panel will be at least 4 times as efficient That’s clearly not true, panel efficiency is a function

cold weather experiments

  propane stove heater experiment I use a standard Coleman camping stove with 1lb bottles for my indoor cooking, due to ease of deployment and easy on/off.  But the lowest setting for simmer is too danged high, and stuff kept boiling over.  I figured I’d try a flame tamer doodad to attenuate the heat a