Solar Install: what would you change
I’m going to do a small solar install on my 5th wheel, and I am curious what you would change about your current setup. What did you do that was wrong, not good enough or just a minor annoyance. M...
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Chad Heiser wrote:Not true. I have one flexible and two glass panels. The flexible panel is 185 watts with mono-crystalline cells. Because of the way the the cells are interconnected, it is actually more efficient than the equivalent glass panel. It is very robust and it can be curved slightly.
Flexible panels are VERY inefficient and are prone to breakage.
If you use 12 volt panels, there is no reason to use an MPPT controller.The OP is connecting two panels in series for a nominal 24 volt so an MPPT controller will be required.
