Solar charging with some shade

BFL13 wrote:
If that shaded panel is half by-passed, then it is putting out half its current? (I really am confused about the current amount)

Because you keep returning to the same incorrect assumptions.

Try this: Assume you can magically rewire a shaded bypassed section of a panel so that the section is no longer in the circuit. Would you not agree that the panel is now producing the same current but with less voltage - say 1/3 less voltage with a typical 3 diode panel?

Also we're discussing array voltage and array amps. Of course the controller output amps are now less as it now has less input power due to the reduced input voltage and it has to maintain the output voltage to the battery.