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Old 06-09-11, 08:55 AM   #5
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If I had to guess, I'd think that a full black matt is going to absorb more sunlight than a bunch of semi-circles. The reasoning being that a lot of sunlight is going to be reflected right back out of the collector. If they were actual parabolic lenses I would be inclined to think that it might capture more energy.
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