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pirlbeck
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Apr 15, 2018

Solar experts....Matching solar panels help needed.

About a year ago I picked up 3 unused Kyocera KC50 50Watt panels for almost nothing and would like to put them on my 2009 Lance 845. While open roof space is somewhat limited on this roof, I think I w...
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pirlbeck
Explorer
Apr 15, 2018
KD4UPL wrote:
If you put all 4 panels in parallel you will need 4 "string" fuses; one in series with each panel. If you do 2 strings of 2 panels each then you won't need any string fuses.


Please explain this......why would I not need 2 string fuses if I do the second option?
Thanks!

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