I currently have 6 (2p3s) 320 watt panels with attached to an LV2424 Hybrid unit. The panels have an open circuit voltage of of 40v and current of 10 amps. This results in 120v at 20 amps going into the charge controller.
This unit itself has max PV input of 145v, max charging current of 80 amps, and max input power of [2000] watts so the above works just fine.
In general I get at most about 1400 watts out of the panels at peak (they are not an ideal facing but it's the best I can do on my property).
Now it just so happens that I have 3 other identical panels (they were on sale) that I have not installed anywhere.
If I expanded the array to 3p3s I would still be well within the voltage and current ratings of my LV2424 but I would be overshooting the power limit at times. My question is this: Would the charge controller simply not draw power in excess of 2000 watts in that situation?
Since currently if my battery is full and my loads are not using all of the power being generated the PV power input on the readout simply caps at whatever is actually able to be used. I'm just wondering if there is some other limitation that would make this a bad idea.
This unit itself has max PV input of 145v, max charging current of 80 amps, and max input power of [2000] watts so the above works just fine.
In general I get at most about 1400 watts out of the panels at peak (they are not an ideal facing but it's the best I can do on my property).
Now it just so happens that I have 3 other identical panels (they were on sale) that I have not installed anywhere.
If I expanded the array to 3p3s I would still be well within the voltage and current ratings of my LV2424 but I would be overshooting the power limit at times. My question is this: Would the charge controller simply not draw power in excess of 2000 watts in that situation?
Since currently if my battery is full and my loads are not using all of the power being generated the PV power input on the readout simply caps at whatever is actually able to be used. I'm just wondering if there is some other limitation that would make this a bad idea.
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