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Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-19-2018, 09:03 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
Your Solar Controller has more capacity than (1)...

Your Solar Controller has more capacity than (1) 100 watt panel. If you purchase another 100 watt panel to use as a portable that would work. You just need to match the specs of your existing panel....
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-17-2018, 07:48 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
This configuration does not fall into either...

This configuration does not fall into either Parallel or Series Panel configuration.
The Battery Minder 5 watt panel is it's own controller. So the above panel discussion were all based on the...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-16-2018, 02:33 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
Ray, Sure, mixing panels of different...

Ray,
Sure, mixing panels of different specifications can lead to issues, and worse it can be easy to do because we tend to focus on the wattage rating of the panel. The wattage rating is really made...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-16-2018, 05:45 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
Sunpower Solar makes solar cells that have a...

Sunpower Solar makes solar cells that have a built in bypass diode. They generally make grid tie only solar panels, and generally cell in the home systems market.

They do dump a lot of their...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-12-2018, 06:10 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
You are correct, the key being that the aux panel...

You are correct, the key being that the aux panel would be in parallel.

-greg
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-12-2018, 06:24 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
No magic going on, but the current per cell and...

No magic going on, but the current per cell and per panel is the same. Maybe I confused you using Isc or short circuit current. The panel is 180 watt or Vmpp = 19.67 volts, Impp = 9.15 amps. Each...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-10-2018, 11:07 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
Jeff, 9.7 is correct and from the spec of my...

Jeff,
9.7 is correct and from the spec of my panel (that is the short circuit current, Imp is 9.15 Amps) . The cells are connected in series so the panel voltage is added up, the currents are not,...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 02-10-2018, 08:56 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 32,096
Posted By Scalf77
Solar Panels and Shading

Since this question came up in a different thread, I thought I would answer it in its own thread instead of it getting buried in another but interesting thread...
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