Solar, worth it in my case?
Hope I am posting in the proper forum. DW and I tend to boondock or stay in parks with no electric. Although we have a generator I am reluctant to use it because of the smell and noise. I have a 2010...
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Almot wrote::)
"Any panel will generate less power when partially shaded or in low light". Should've limited the "treatise" to this one line perhaps...
Logic would dictate that the only way one panel could be less affected by shade than another would be its efficiency.
Almot wrote:I'm going to have to take issue with this statement. As you're probably aware, my 6-panel array is wired in series. After extensive shade testing, I'm not seeing the kind of degradation you've described.
If your array is made of panels wired in series, and one has dropped to 0.3 of its capacity, then all other panels will also drop to 0.3 of their capacity,
Bypass diodes in the panels do a very good job of ensuring the entire string is not killed by shade on one panel. Now, if panels do NOT have bypass diodes, then your statement would, in all liklihood, be true.
