Solar Panel Shadows and Bypass Diodes
The following data was collected from my 3x250W flat mounted solar panels on 1/16/15 in my storage area in the Phoenix area. The graph shows the significant transition as the sun just covers the 3rd r...
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CA Traveler wrote:
OK, 6x12. Consider the 6 vertical and 12 horizontal. If you have diodes I would expect 3 and for them to each cover a 2 vertical x12 horizontal array and you would want to cover those sections one at a time.
If you were to cover 6 vertical cells then that would cause all 3 diodes to bypass.
Many Thanks.
When we get back to Florida and the trailer, I'll check this out.
We've been at partially shaded sites before, but I've never been able to determine just how the shading is affecting the panel output. This info should help a lot.
