EsoxLucius wrote:
I truly don't understand the system performance implications of five 100 watt, 17.7 Vmpp, 5.7A Impp panels in a parallel configuration of 17.7 volts and 28.5 amps versus a series configuration with 88.5 volts and 5.7 amps. Obviously, they would require differing controller capabilities, but what defines "better" and "more powerful"?
Post #5 in this thread has some info on that. Also the one on shading effect. Looks like the fatter wire works with parallel.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27304630.cfm