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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CT_WANDERER wrote:
I was looking at two different brand of 12volt panels, one was Kyocera it said it had 8 diodes and the other panel was Solar Cynergy and it has 2 diodes. Looks like I will have to check out the cell arrangements. Gary
Yes. The problem I'm having is that even if there were 6 diodes in my 6x12 array, that still would mean each of the six independent groups would be a 1x12 sub-array (from what CA_Traveler is saying).
Not the most optimum arrangement for shade tolerance, I think. Except perhaps for very rare occasions.
