Solar on a small TT
I'm looking at a small travel trailer (starcraft satellite 17rb) which is only about 20ft long. Roof is composite one piece without much of a flat area. One thing that I absolutely want on my next R...
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pianotuna wrote:Incorrect. The bird dropping activates the bypass diode in one panel section ie you lose 1/3 of the power from that single panel. Or you lose 1/9 of the power from all 3 panels with 3 bypass diodes in each panel. To be clear the amps don't change and the voltage is now 8/9 or 89% of the total.
Hi,
3 panels in series. A bird dumps on one panel and output drops by 50%. Not just for the one panel, but for all three.
Best to find panels that are high voltage and wire in parallel.
For parallel that panels voltage drops and it no longer contributes so you are at 67% of the power.
