I have the LG335N1C-V5 panels and they are working great, but there is one thing that is a bummer I wanted to share.
Even a small shadow drops the output to nearly nothing. The picture shows a bank of 9 panels and the bottom, second from left, panel has a small shadow on it. That panel - when the pic was taken - was only producing 26 watts. The panel to the left of it was producing 194 watts at the exact same time.
It's a disappointment that a shadow only covering about 5-10% of the panel causes a 87% reduction in output.
I'm not sure if there are panels that will avoid this, but I wanted to share.
BTW, once the shadow was gone from the 2nd panel the output went to 215 watts.
Michael
Even a small shadow drops the output to nearly nothing. The picture shows a bank of 9 panels and the bottom, second from left, panel has a small shadow on it. That panel - when the pic was taken - was only producing 26 watts. The panel to the left of it was producing 194 watts at the exact same time.
It's a disappointment that a shadow only covering about 5-10% of the panel causes a 87% reduction in output.
I'm not sure if there are panels that will avoid this, but I wanted to share.
BTW, once the shadow was gone from the 2nd panel the output went to 215 watts.
Michael
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