ElectricIslander
Solar Enthusiast
Hi
We are down to the wire on ordering panels for our roof top array. We are off-grid on an island next to the sea in the Pacific Northwest.
The roof array needs to fit about 6000 W or more on a Schneider 600V controller. There is just room for sixteen 1.73 m by 1.11 m on the main roof.
The N-Type Hetro-junction REC 410 Alpha Pure panels fit the main roof perfectly and have the desired Voc for a convenient string layout. I really wanted to go with them for all of their excellent attributes (quality, strength, low degradation rate, high Voc, low light response), but they are more than twice the price of the Longi HiMos.
HiMo 5 LS54-410M-B panels (410 W, PERC, P-Type Ga doped, 9 busbar half cut) are available now, here in Western Canada.
HiMo 7 LR5-72HGD panels ( 580W, N-Type HPDC 132 half cut cell) will be available here in May.
Has anyone got experience with Longi's HiMo panels? We are in a windy, salt spray area. Any defects or failed panels etc., anything I should know about re HiMo panels before going with this option?
If I went with the HiMo 5's I'd have to add more panels and another controller to make the string layouts work, but would end up with more power than the REC option, at about the same price. This would be great if the HiMo panels had good performance, reliability and lifetime.
Thanks for any comments on your experiences with the HiMo series of panels!
We are down to the wire on ordering panels for our roof top array. We are off-grid on an island next to the sea in the Pacific Northwest.
The roof array needs to fit about 6000 W or more on a Schneider 600V controller. There is just room for sixteen 1.73 m by 1.11 m on the main roof.
The N-Type Hetro-junction REC 410 Alpha Pure panels fit the main roof perfectly and have the desired Voc for a convenient string layout. I really wanted to go with them for all of their excellent attributes (quality, strength, low degradation rate, high Voc, low light response), but they are more than twice the price of the Longi HiMos.
HiMo 5 LS54-410M-B panels (410 W, PERC, P-Type Ga doped, 9 busbar half cut) are available now, here in Western Canada.
HiMo 7 LR5-72HGD panels ( 580W, N-Type HPDC 132 half cut cell) will be available here in May.
Has anyone got experience with Longi's HiMo panels? We are in a windy, salt spray area. Any defects or failed panels etc., anything I should know about re HiMo panels before going with this option?
If I went with the HiMo 5's I'd have to add more panels and another controller to make the string layouts work, but would end up with more power than the REC option, at about the same price. This would be great if the HiMo panels had good performance, reliability and lifetime.
Thanks for any comments on your experiences with the HiMo series of panels!
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