Over the past few years I’d estimated that my system puts out about 25-33% of normal max in bright overcast 20% in overcast 10% in dark overcast It was guesswork, but then I saw this article that gave lux for various sky conditions. I plugged the values into a spreadsheet to convert the lux into theoretical maxContinue reading “solar yield in overcast conditions”
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Mythtesting: higher voltage for additional yield in the mornings
I am a fan of higher-voltage panels, serial panel configs,etc for several reasons. But I think there are some hyperbolic claims about their ability to collect extra power in the dawn/dusk shoulders. The theory (and actuality), illustrated with 2x 100w 12v panels is that solar panel voltage stabilizes above ~20% insolation; below that it fallsContinue reading “Mythtesting: higher voltage for additional yield in the mornings”