Ryan from picklesandammo.com demonstrates how to mount a small solar panel to the side of your apartment or house the quick and easy way. This is a follow-up to the "Solar-powered Apartment Battery Bank" videos.
On your questions, I'd check with someone legitimately qualified to answer them - Honestly I'm not sure if you can mix panels of different watts but near-same voltages. You definitely don't want to mix voltages, at least.
Anyways, I'd check with a retailer - the place we got our gear from ( alt energy store) was really helpful with the questions I had. They also have really helpful forums with folks who know more about this that I do!
You answered so many issues that I'm having with improving my setup.
Perfect! One question ....Can you mix panels in parallel if those panels have same voltages (+-1v) but different watts?
I have a 53 watt siemens, an 80 watt kyocera and 80 watt sharp?
OK for all in parallel to same charge controller? Should I use inline blocking diodes before the combiner box?
pgm98387 2 years ago
Hey hey, glad you liked the vid!
On your questions, I'd check with someone legitimately qualified to answer them - Honestly I'm not sure if you can mix panels of different watts but near-same voltages. You definitely don't want to mix voltages, at least.
Anyways, I'd check with a retailer - the place we got our gear from ( alt energy store) was really helpful with the questions I had. They also have really helpful forums with folks who know more about this that I do!
Good luck!
picklesandammo 2 years ago