*Finally* had some decent weather to install panels. Got half of them done.
During the install process I tested the output of each series pair. The output was remarkably similar. Result "a" below is a typical series-pair (2ea 100W panels in series) result.
I blocked one panel of the series pair to see what would happen. Result "b" is a typical result. (The wattage varied quite frequently, so the snapshot is literally just that--a moment in time.) I was surprised there was any output. Based on all that I'd read I expected nothing from the series pair when one was shaded.
Result "c" is with all three series-pairs online.
And yes, I'm sore and tired. Yikes--climbing on the roof is for youngsters!
@TucsonJim--since you're in contact with DMB, send him a link to this thread. This solar install is all his fault! (Remember that picture from long ago he posted?)
During the install process I tested the output of each series pair. The output was remarkably similar. Result "a" below is a typical series-pair (2ea 100W panels in series) result.
I blocked one panel of the series pair to see what would happen. Result "b" is a typical result. (The wattage varied quite frequently, so the snapshot is literally just that--a moment in time.) I was surprised there was any output. Based on all that I'd read I expected nothing from the series pair when one was shaded.
Result "c" is with all three series-pairs online.
And yes, I'm sore and tired. Yikes--climbing on the roof is for youngsters!
@TucsonJim--since you're in contact with DMB, send him a link to this thread. This solar install is all his fault! (Remember that picture from long ago he posted?)
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