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		rcxdude 20 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar panels + cold = A potential problem While in general most parts will work beyond their ratings to at least some degree, this isn't really a safety margin. A safety margin is known, rated, and validated, and usually a property of a system as opposed to just one part within it.

lazide 7 hours ago [–]

That’s what I said?

Usually a system would have a safety margin of at least 1.5x, or 3x or the like.

In this case the design safety margin appears to be…. 1x? Exactly?

privatelypublic 3 hours ago | [–]

Suspiciously so. I'd love to see somebody(or somebodies) with an established reputation reverse the controller software & hardware.

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