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TITLE: PowerFilm Extreme Durability Test
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SUMMARY: Amorphous silicon's unique build process creates an incredibly durable solar product that can take bullets and continue functioning.
AUTHOR: Seth Hansen
DATE PUBLISHED: August 12, 2016
DATE MODIFIED: March 19, 2024
READING TIME: 3 min
WORD COUNT: 409
KEYWORDS: PowerFilm Extreme Durability Test
SOURCE URL: https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/education/the-horizon-blog/2016/08/12/powerfilm-extreme-durability-test
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
  * If you're like me, you take care of your technology
  * With this in mind, we felt it was time to put one of our panels to a similar test
  * How did the panel perform

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# PowerFilm Extreme Durability Test

Seth Hansen
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                  Updated on March 19, 2024

Solar In Action

If you're like me, you take care of your technology. I have purchased cases, screen protectors, and other safety measures to ensure that my devices continue to work for as long as possible.

While it is important to take care of things, do you ever feel like putting something to the ultimate test? I do. "Let's see what kind of damage this thing can take and still function," I say to myself. When I think of extreme tests, a video of a person throwing a phone in an OtterBox case off a 10 story building comes to mind. Is this a logical test? Absolutely not. Is it cool? For sure!

With this in mind, we felt it was time to put one of our panels to a similar test. We decided to set it up at a shooting range and (you guessed it) shot it. Is there a more destructive test than shooting holes in something? We don't think so.

How did the panel perform? Did it stand up to incredible abuse? Take a look at the video below!

Have a specific question? Contact us or leave a comment below.

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Source: https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/education/the-horizon-blog/2016/08/12/powerfilm-extreme-durability-test
Author: Seth Hansen
Published: August 12, 2016

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