solar budget of 2700.00 Canadian
Hi all, I'm going to beef up my solar system. The budget is $2700.00 including installation costs. I'm considering these because I will be able to pick them up from Calgary and save the (conside...
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smkettner wrote:
Forward drop of a Schottky is about 0.4v and you push through three in full shade for a total of less than 2 volts lost. So my 2 panels still in the sun producing 7.5a and 60v will only put 7.5a and 58v to the controller. This is a loss of 4% in addition to the third panel not producing. That is the theory to test anyway. I don't see how partial shade could be worse as any excess should pass forward and any minimal production will allow some power to go through the cells.
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sm74611.pdf
Still more reading to do.
Clever. Their use of a charge pump makes sense.
Jim
