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Solar Systems
25 September 2013, 20:58, (This post was last modified: 25 September 2013, 20:59 by Lightspeed.)
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RE: Solar Systems
(25 September 2013, 20:13)Skvez Wrote:
(25 September 2013, 16:58)Lightspeed Wrote: In mid winter, cloudy conditions what is the typical output you see from each of your 250W panels? I have to deal with quite cold conditions here and am trying to gauge expected power available taking account of reduced panel output and increased internal losses in the accumulators.
There are different technologies of PV and they vary quite a bit in terms of how much power they can create in winter but the short answer is expect in the region of 1% to 10% of full rating! (Yes it can be just a few percent)
Cold should actually improve the performance of the panels a few percent (of output, not of rated) but the batteries dislike cold more than the PV like it.
Increased losses in the system should be negligible.

Thanks Skvez.

Our new panels are moncrystaline, which I understand give best performance in cold and grey conditions. Hopefully we'll be seeing near to 10% of rated output and not just 1%. Time will tell.
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Solar Systems - by Nix - 9 August 2013, 19:01
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 9 August 2013, 19:34
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 10 August 2013, 15:21
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 25 September 2013, 16:58
RE: Solar Systems - by Skvez - 25 September 2013, 20:13
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 25 September 2013, 20:58
RE: Solar Systems - by I-K-E - 10 August 2013, 17:35
RE: Solar Systems - by River Song - 25 September 2013, 17:15
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 25 September 2013, 17:56
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 25 September 2013, 18:01
RE: Solar Systems - by Highlander - 25 September 2013, 20:50
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 08:18
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 26 September 2013, 09:20
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 09:25
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 26 September 2013, 10:03
RE: Solar Systems - by Hex - 26 September 2013, 09:40
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 09:52
RE: Solar Systems - by Hex - 26 September 2013, 09:59
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 11:12
RE: Solar Systems - by Hex - 26 September 2013, 14:41
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 26 September 2013, 11:29
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 12:07
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 26 September 2013, 12:15
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 26 September 2013, 14:57
RE: Solar Systems - by Hex - 26 September 2013, 15:14
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 22 October 2015, 11:02
RE: Solar Systems - by Straight Shooter - 22 October 2015, 17:09
RE: Solar Systems - by NorthernRaider - 22 October 2015, 17:30
RE: Solar Systems - by Straight Shooter - 22 October 2015, 17:55
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 23 October 2015, 09:31
RE: Solar Systems - by NorthernRaider - 23 October 2015, 10:08
RE: Solar Systems - by River Song - 23 October 2015, 10:25
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 23 October 2015, 22:19
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 23 October 2015, 22:53
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 24 October 2015, 18:49
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 25 October 2015, 10:20
RE: Solar Systems - by NorthernRaider - 25 October 2015, 10:53
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 25 October 2015, 11:14
RE: Solar Systems - by NorthernRaider - 25 October 2015, 11:59
RE: Solar Systems - by Lightspeed - 25 October 2015, 19:47
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 23 October 2017, 09:38
RE: Solar Systems - by Straight Shooter - 24 October 2017, 09:32
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 24 October 2017, 15:05
RE: Solar Systems - by Straight Shooter - 24 October 2017, 20:27
RE: Solar Systems - by Nix - 3 October 2018, 09:38
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