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      2 hours ago

      Yes but did you know that there’s electricity flowing through a solar panel? If you damage or shade one cell, and the panel is under load, the full load has to pass thru the damaged cell. This can cause a fire. A lithium cell causes a fire when punctuated or damaged because you’re basically bridging the terminals internally and most chemistries go into thermal runaway after a certain temperature has been reached.