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Acei
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Jun 14, 2013

How much power does solar panels actually generate?

Lets say the solar panel is rated at 500w, how much power should I expect it to generate on a sunny day vs cloudy day vs rainy day? As a separate question, is it possible to run a residential fridg...
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time2roll
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Jun 14, 2013
Acei wrote:
Based on my short research, I would want to go with the MPPT, especially because that Panasonic HIT panel goes up to 48v (I guess most panels do these days, right?)
Most of the large panels (190+ watt) are 24 volt panels primarily engineered for home power systems.

3x 48 volt panels you will be in parallel to most MPPT.
3x 24 volt you could go series on some controllers.
Need to watch temp compensated Voc does not exceed the input rating.

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