Project Hail Mary movie poster
Peña & Haselden
Environmental inputs
Incident angle (°) 90°
0° normal incidence90° grazing
Light intensity (%) 82%
0% — dark100% — full sun
90°
Sub-panel blocking — click cells to block (1/8 increments)
Observed behavior: cells are in series with no effective bypass diodes. Blocking any cell kills the entire sub-panel branch. The other 3 branches (parallel) are unaffected. Click individual cells to block or unblock them.
Panel power output
Total power
W
0 W 180 W max
Front side · 160–180 W max at 90°, clear sky (per manual)
Bus voltage
Total current
% of max
Internal circuit — 4 sub-panels in parallel, cells in series
+ SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 R
EcoFlow EF-Flex-220B — from manual
Rated power (STC, 1000 W/m²)220 W ±5 W
Real-world max (front, 90°, clear sky)180 W
Open circuit voltage Voc21.8 V
Max power voltage Vmp18.4 V
Short circuit current Isc (STC)13.0 A
Max power current Imp (STC)12.0 A
Operating Imp (180W ÷ 18.4V)~9.78 A total
Per sub-panel operating Imp~2.45 A each
Cells per sub-panel (sim)8 in series
Power temp. coeff.-0.39 %/K
Bifacial rear output~80% of front
Simulator built with assistance from Claude (Anthropic)