Adding 3rd Solar Panel
Hi All - I currently have 2 12 volt 165 watt panels wired in series on the front part of the roof on our small 5th wheel camper. I have a 3rd panel with the same specs I'd like to install when the we...
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2oldman wrote:
Before the switch thing, I'd check the panel specs for bypass diodes. It isn't always a death sentence for series panels.
I'm a big fan of series and would like to have you stick with that. I'd go the switch route rather than change to parallel.
All 3 panels are the same specs, with bypass diodes, and the 2 front so far have seemed to be fairly immune to intermittent shading. Not sure how they will be if one whole panel is completely shaded.
