A friend of mine has purchased several solar panels, some are 14V at 1
A, some are 24V at .5A , he has quite a bunch of them of them and
wants to charge a 12V 250VA lead acid pack. He actually has 5
different panels with significantly different ratings. So the
question becomes, in dealing with the different voltage ratings,
parallel them or should I build a polyphase inverter and charge a
inductor for each panel and dump them sequentially so each panel runs
at maximum current without fighting each other. Any ideas so he gets
the max bang for the buck? He started the project before consulting
me, or I would have had him purchase one large panel instead of a pile
of random junk.
Anybody worked this problem before? What happens when you wire a
half amp panel in series with a one amp panel?
Its been 15 years since I have had to do current source math, so I'm a
bit rusty,
Steve Roberts
A, some are 24V at .5A , he has quite a bunch of them of them and
wants to charge a 12V 250VA lead acid pack. He actually has 5
different panels with significantly different ratings. So the
question becomes, in dealing with the different voltage ratings,
parallel them or should I build a polyphase inverter and charge a
inductor for each panel and dump them sequentially so each panel runs
at maximum current without fighting each other. Any ideas so he gets
the max bang for the buck? He started the project before consulting
me, or I would have had him purchase one large panel instead of a pile
of random junk.
Anybody worked this problem before? What happens when you wire a
half amp panel in series with a one amp panel?
Its been 15 years since I have had to do current source math, so I'm a
bit rusty,
Steve Roberts