Solar panel shading
With 1,280 watts of solar I don't worry to much about getting enough solar. This time of the year with the days getting shorter and we're in the national forest boondocking catching light shadows from some pines I would expect some drop off in amps going to the battery (can see it on the display).
Yesterday morning while I was walking the dog I was checking the shadowing on the panels from the trees from the hill behind the 5th wheel and noticed that the crank up antenna was casting a good shadow on 2 panels (each in a different series string). This morning at 10am I remebered about the antenna shadow and before cranking it down there was 25-26amp reading, after lowering it down 36-37amp. That's a pretty fair boost just lowering the antenna, during the day seeing we're not watching it anyways. I'll have to pay attention to the tv antenna during the winter so not I'm losing any possible power.;) We know about shadowing on the panels but seeing it yourself is a little eye opener.
Yesterday morning while I was walking the dog I was checking the shadowing on the panels from the trees from the hill behind the 5th wheel and noticed that the crank up antenna was casting a good shadow on 2 panels (each in a different series string). This morning at 10am I remebered about the antenna shadow and before cranking it down there was 25-26amp reading, after lowering it down 36-37amp. That's a pretty fair boost just lowering the antenna, during the day seeing we're not watching it anyways. I'll have to pay attention to the tv antenna during the winter so not I'm losing any possible power.;) We know about shadowing on the panels but seeing it yourself is a little eye opener.
