zachreborn
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I have what might be one of the most complex and very simple questions possible. I understand that the weather, place in the world, and time of year will change this drastically. What are some real life example outputs from a 800W solar array?
To expand further, I just installed 8x Renogy 100W flexible panels on the top of my Airstream RV. I had hoped to be seeing 600-700W from the array during peak overhead sunlight in August in Illinois but I've really only been seeing about 450W. I'd love to hear some real world examples of folks with fixed panels what they're getting out of their systems. My main goal is to make sure that I haven't made a mistake in how I've set this up or if I shouldn't wire them in a more optimal way.
Here is my system:
A note prior to the graphs, I had ample batteries left to charge.
To expand further, I just installed 8x Renogy 100W flexible panels on the top of my Airstream RV. I had hoped to be seeing 600-700W from the array during peak overhead sunlight in August in Illinois but I've really only been seeing about 450W. I'd love to hear some real world examples of folks with fixed panels what they're getting out of their systems. My main goal is to make sure that I haven't made a mistake in how I've set this up or if I shouldn't wire them in a more optimal way.
Here is my system:
- 8x 100W Renogy flexible solar panels
- (4p2s is how I believe I've seen it written. Or put simply I have 2 sets of 4 in series)
- Each side of the RV is in series (4) and each series is in parallel (2 of them)
- Victron MPPT Solar Charger 150/85
- 4x Battleborn GC3 batteries - 1080ah (270ah each)
A note prior to the graphs, I had ample batteries left to charge.