Killed my solar panels.......
Just finished what seemed to be a week-long rewire of my TT; installing solar panels and tidying up a few issues that have bugged me since we bought it. I used black and white wire to run from the pa...
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" Exactly " is in the junction box on the roof exactly 22" aft and 7" inboard of the TV antenna base.
Further update; once the panels were dismounted and the little black boxes opened, diodes were discovered, two per panel. The ones in one panel were good the panel delivered 19 volts. The other set of diodes were dead. Not burnt or cracked or anything; just zero or near zero resistance in both directions.
Healthy panel has been remounted and (with due attention to polarity) reconnected and so far appears to be working OK.
Now I need to track down some diodes and get the second panel back on the roof.
Stu
Further update; once the panels were dismounted and the little black boxes opened, diodes were discovered, two per panel. The ones in one panel were good the panel delivered 19 volts. The other set of diodes were dead. Not burnt or cracked or anything; just zero or near zero resistance in both directions.
Healthy panel has been remounted and (with due attention to polarity) reconnected and so far appears to be working OK.
Now I need to track down some diodes and get the second panel back on the roof.
Stu
