If somethin was solar powered, could it charge of a lamp or somthin???

Question

If somethin was solar powered, could it charge of a lamp or somthin???

Answer 1

Depends on what you are talking about.   I can run my calculator off a incandescent light (but not a flourescent one).   I can't charge a solar radio off it though.

Answer 2

Photovoltaic cells (solar cells) are not very efficient, I believe they're in the neighborhood of 15%.  Light bulbs are also not very efficient.  So you're taking energy, and losing energy to make energy at an inefficient rate...  You could probably have a light powering a solar cell which powers a light which powers a solar cell which... so on and so forth, but each time the light is going to be dimmer until you've lost all of your initial energy to inefficiency.

Answer 3

solar power is when you take the suns rays, shine it onto a pannel to generate energy wich turns turbins wich then creates electicity, so yes it could power a lamp i guess.