solar upgrade
On my RV roof I presently have 2 Kyocera 135 W panels, flat mounted, hooked in series, feeding to my Blue Sky Solar Boost 3024iL charge controller. I want to add more panels to my array. The simpl...
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Starburst2 wrote:I have not read that article, nor is there any knowledge among us on the board about MPPT being any 'cure' for shade.
I read an artcle on the Nortern Arizona Wind and Sun forum which convinced me that partial shade is a non issue when you have an mppt controller. What say you?..
The only way I know to deal with shade is let the panel diodes do their jobs. During shade they make all or part of the panel inoperative, effectively making it a 'pass thru' board until the sun reappears.
I can provide many threads about shade for you if you like. It's discussed often on here, with no real consenus about what's "good" and "bad" because we all seem to experience different results. I'm a series guy, many swear by parallel. Personally, I think if you have good quality panels with properly installed diodes, it will not matter how they are connected.
