I am building my own solar panels with a voltage of 16 volts approximately 30 watts.
I am using a sun grid tie inverter 250 watts and with a lead line of 20 feet I am producing 25 to 28 watts on a kill a watt meter which is pretty good considering a outside temperature of 80-85 degrees.
My problem is when I moved the panels out to my yard 150 feet away my wattage dropped to ( 6x30 watt = 180 watts) 40 watts.
I am using a heavy 14 ga. extension cord to connect the panels to my inverter.
I then used a 14x2 ga. low voltage line on each leg of the panel and my wattage increased to 100 watts.
Will increasing the wire to a 12-10x2 ga. increase the wattage and lower the line loss???
I am using a sun grid tie inverter 250 watts and with a lead line of 20 feet I am producing 25 to 28 watts on a kill a watt meter which is pretty good considering a outside temperature of 80-85 degrees.
My problem is when I moved the panels out to my yard 150 feet away my wattage dropped to ( 6x30 watt = 180 watts) 40 watts.
I am using a heavy 14 ga. extension cord to connect the panels to my inverter.
I then used a 14x2 ga. low voltage line on each leg of the panel and my wattage increased to 100 watts.
Will increasing the wire to a 12-10x2 ga. increase the wattage and lower the line loss???
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