Solar panels as heaters.

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Davo99 Guru Joined: 03/06/2019 Location: Australia Posts: 1586	Posted: 02:33pm 21 Jun 2023       Something came up on another page that got me thinking but I can't find an answer searching google. If I removed the  diodes from a solar panel and bridged the connections and then fed power INTO the panel, would it become a heating panel? If so, would it create the say, 300w of thermal energy if that's what the panel was rated to in normal use or less or potentially more? I have some uses for panels as heaters if this would work and could be very convenient!