"Hamish" wrote in
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Andrew

I bought new one last year off of EBay for around £50 to provide a
fountain. It did work during July/August 11:00 until 14:00, if you
tracked it at the sun, and if the sun was very strong, but any hint of
a cloud and it would stop.

The panel was around 12" x 9" for comparison, so if my experience is
usual I would not bother.

My mother had one of the floating ones with a solar panel on top. I was
surprised to discover how well it worked on relatively cloudy days and
early in the year, but then she did have it against a white painted south-
facing wall, in Devon.

Personally I didn't care for the floating effect - prefer the bottom of a
fountain to stay still.

It didn't last all that long - died after a couple of seasons.

Victoria