Hello, I am new to the forums here and have a general question I'm curious about. I know it's not the ideal situation but I am curious if any of you know or think it might work. I don't have any of the equipment in question but again, am just curious to know if it might be possible or might work.
On to the question. Lets say I can only afford a very small setup for solar right now. Maybe 2 grape solar 100w panels or 2 renogy 100w panels. If I want to use them in a grid tied setup there are several options but I'm most interested in microinverters. So lets say I then get an enphase micro inverter. Would it be possible to hook 2 100w panels such as the ones I've listed, in parallel (using Y branch connectors) to meet the 24v requirement on the microinverter and have it properly convert the energy for the grid tied application?
I know it would be recommended to get larger panels that are designed for that as opposed to getting the small 100w panels which really aren't designed for that, but when pricing out panels, the larger panels require freight shipping, and almost always equals a higher price per watt than the small renogy or Grape solar panels if you're only needing 1 or 2. Pricing it out from most of the web stores I can find it only starts to become a better deal if I'm looking to buy 3 or 4 or more large panels with freight shipping but then it's no longer a small project with a small price. Just curious though to see if anyone has ever tried the above setup or knows if it for sure will or will not work. Thanks for any input!
On to the question. Lets say I can only afford a very small setup for solar right now. Maybe 2 grape solar 100w panels or 2 renogy 100w panels. If I want to use them in a grid tied setup there are several options but I'm most interested in microinverters. So lets say I then get an enphase micro inverter. Would it be possible to hook 2 100w panels such as the ones I've listed, in parallel (using Y branch connectors) to meet the 24v requirement on the microinverter and have it properly convert the energy for the grid tied application?
I know it would be recommended to get larger panels that are designed for that as opposed to getting the small 100w panels which really aren't designed for that, but when pricing out panels, the larger panels require freight shipping, and almost always equals a higher price per watt than the small renogy or Grape solar panels if you're only needing 1 or 2. Pricing it out from most of the web stores I can find it only starts to become a better deal if I'm looking to buy 3 or 4 or more large panels with freight shipping but then it's no longer a small project with a small price. Just curious though to see if anyone has ever tried the above setup or knows if it for sure will or will not work. Thanks for any input!
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