I have 8 panels @ 40V and max 10A and during the day 4 of the panels are likely to become shaded but the other 4 should get full sunlight all day.
Obviously if I parallel all 8 panels into a single string then the amps will drop for all panels when the shade hits. However if I split into 2 strings of 4 (both in parallel) and run them into a combiner box, will the fully sunlit array continue to produce 10A and be combined with the shaded array at maybe 2A? When the shading happens, will the combiner box allow me to have a system producing 320V @ 12A as opposed to a single string solution which would be 320V @ 2A?
Thanks!
Obviously if I parallel all 8 panels into a single string then the amps will drop for all panels when the shade hits. However if I split into 2 strings of 4 (both in parallel) and run them into a combiner box, will the fully sunlit array continue to produce 10A and be combined with the shaded array at maybe 2A? When the shading happens, will the combiner box allow me to have a system producing 320V @ 12A as opposed to a single string solution which would be 320V @ 2A?
Thanks!