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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    Seems like the inverter did in fact work with the 100W panel. No difference in performance, though. 100W panel still provided an average of 75-85 watts at peak hours. 180W panel averages 110-120 still with the same inverter. Using a multimeter, the 190W panel seemed to provide pretty...
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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    I would try putting the 180w inverter on the 100 watt panel but the 100 watt panel has a lower operating voltage that wouldn't allow the inverter to even function. That said, upon reading the spec sheet and consulting with other people using the 180 watt inverter I have, it operates with a...
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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    Okay, so I had some time to mess with the panels, isolating each panel and trying a single one with their respective inverters. With the 100W panel, and the 150W inverter, I'm getting roughly 85-90 watts during peak production hours. As stated before, this is to be expected, and I'm glad to be...
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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    I was hoping to get a chance to test out the performance of each panel individually today, but it just remained too cloudy and too sporadic to get any good results. I'll have to test isolating them some other day when the sun is actually out. Kind of hard to judge when I'm getting an average...
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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    There are two of the grid-tie micro inverters. The information sheet shows the two different models. One is the 150 watt (on the 100 watt panel) and the other is the 180 watt (on the 190 watt panel). Each panel is connected to the respective micro grid-tie inverter. From the AC plug on each...
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    Slowly built grid-tie system. First panel, expected results. Second panel, poor results. A little help, please?

    So, as some background, I am COMPLETELY new to solar in general. So go easy with me. My only real best method of learning is diving right into things myself. I've been trying to keep up with reading and other methods of educating myself, including videos and whatnot, for the past six or seven...
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