Solar Panel question?
Which is better, one large solar panel or multiple smaller solar panels? rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
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Many panels have 3 bypass diodes where each one typically bypasses 2 of the 6 rows. These diodes don't come into use for parallel panels.
For serial panels and an MPPT controller the diodes may help but typically only with a full shadow. For soft shadows like a tree the array amps may be reduced on one panel reducing both panels. In this case parallel would be better.
There is a lot of discussion on serial vs parallel in the archives, especially those more that 1 year old.
For serial panels and an MPPT controller the diodes may help but typically only with a full shadow. For soft shadows like a tree the array amps may be reduced on one panel reducing both panels. In this case parallel would be better.
There is a lot of discussion on serial vs parallel in the archives, especially those more that 1 year old.
