Solar Passive Atmospheric Water Generator

Even though it rained I was able to test my data-collection setup, and I started publishing to Google Docs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wK4GQ_XUbvANIwlT1KSKba2e3AkyHDyhUEHATAOTq3g/view#gid=1567863255

I'm happy with what I was able to achieve. Now I just need some sunny days (or my new grow lamp).

So on another rainy morning where my dopamine receptors starving for progress on this project after thinking about it so much I googled solar simulators.

My first findings were commercial grade and they run in the 10's of thousands of dollars - so that's not happening.

But YouTube is great for DIYers and I found this great video series that shares the results of tackling the same problem for solar panel testing.

So, long story short, this baby is now on the way from Bezos: https://www.amazon.com/MARS-HYDRO-Spectrum-Hydroponic-Greenhouse/dp/B07VL8FZS1

At 15"x7" and change it should be able to cover two of my 6"x7" units sufficient for A/B testing, even if it isn't a perfect match for the real sun.

I'll let y'all know how it goes!

On Friday, I had my best results validating that my basic setup produced water.
Since then I've built a second unit and a datalogger to A/B test.

Only problem? No dang sun since last Friday.

I'm out of town this weekend but maybe we can get back going next week?