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Switching sides - changing array generation panels (E/W orientation)
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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 551412" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>if you fitted 2 change over switches and cable it right, you could turn on the extra panels in poor light / winter without too much bother. So basically run 8 panels for most of the year, 10 panels in winter, beyond manual switching it would involve relays and some controls, perhaps getting keen with a Raspberry pi to programme or Arduino, for which there some very keen forums. But as bladerunner says, you may run into problems with the MPPTs, panels tend to sit at max volts VoC before the system starts up and voltages drop as the MPPT adjusts to reduce voltage and up ampage to get power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 551412, member: 490"] if you fitted 2 change over switches and cable it right, you could turn on the extra panels in poor light / winter without too much bother. So basically run 8 panels for most of the year, 10 panels in winter, beyond manual switching it would involve relays and some controls, perhaps getting keen with a Raspberry pi to programme or Arduino, for which there some very keen forums. But as bladerunner says, you may run into problems with the MPPTs, panels tend to sit at max volts VoC before the system starts up and voltages drop as the MPPT adjusts to reduce voltage and up ampage to get power. [/QUOTE]
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