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I'm surprised that hybrid or electric cars aren't commonly stolen for their battery packs to be used for stand-alone solar power given that panels are so cheap.
Or maybe they do get stolen ?

My peach tree is pumping out the fruit so it goes into the solar dryer.
A glass box made of recycled glass shower screens and doors with a clear polycarbonate roof attached to the eastern side of a shed. About 3 m x 1.2 m.
There's a twin electric extractor fan setup from an X-Trail radiator ($5) powered by a grid-connect solar panel ($10).
The fans are in series with some 1.5 mm² cable giving useful voltage drop.
Speed control is via some steel sheet or a roller blind draped over one side of the panel.
Fruit slices are placed on racks made of steel IBC (pod) offcuts and security screen black steel mesh offcuts.
Works a treat.
Ants don't seem to be a problem as yet.