Solar Panel Mixed Technology
Everyone knows that parallel panels should be the same voltage and serial panels the same amps. But what about mixing panels with different basic technology of say mono vs poly vs whatever. How would ...
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Hi Bob,
If you must mix and match I think a pwm controller would not get as "confused" as an MPPT unit. Accepting that premise means that voltage needs to be the same and wiring should be in parallel.
The insolaton to power curves seem quite similar.
Someone here had a poly and a mono. The mono would drop out when clouds passed by.
But, if I were going to add to my amorphous panels I'd pick poly. Or I'd start over with all poly.
If you must mix and match I think a pwm controller would not get as "confused" as an MPPT unit. Accepting that premise means that voltage needs to be the same and wiring should be in parallel.
The insolaton to power curves seem quite similar.
Someone here had a poly and a mono. The mono would drop out when clouds passed by.
But, if I were going to add to my amorphous panels I'd pick poly. Or I'd start over with all poly.
