series/parallell wiring

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  • crockman1
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2013
    • 1

    series/parallell wiring

    if i hook up 2 monocrystalline cells in parallell and make 3 of the sets of 2 and hook them in series to have 6 cells comprised of 3 sets of 2 parallell cells hooked in series and then hook up a single cell in series on the end to get 7 cells while 6 are duel linked in parallell what should i expect if i hook up 5 strips of the sets of 7 in series, will they break from voltage or amperage imbalance or something i got to know, im doing something un conventional i think but my calculations say ill get 12 volts from 35 panels if i do this and this is what im trying. bear with me plz, what are the ways you could break your panels youve seen from misconfiguration if any keeping in mind that all are hooked up pos to neg right. do i have anything to worry about? thank you solar friends
  • Mike90250
    Moderator
    • May 2009
    • 16020

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    In a series circuit of PV cells, the smallest cell (the single series cell following the parallel pairs) will limit the array output to the rated amps of the single cell. That eliminates any reason to parallel in the middle of the array.
    (I had trouble reading your setup description, so maybe I interpreted it differently than it is.)
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