Greeners73
New Member
I am looking to install a 16 panel system with 6kw inverter and 10kw battery.
Single story bungalow with no shading.
I can fit 6 panels on the south face on one MPPT. I have two options for the other 10 panels on the other MPPT.
1. Install all 10 on one face (east most likely).
2. Split the 10 panels so I have 5 east and 5 west. Due to east/west shading differences during early/mid morning and mid/late afternoon I would install 10 optimisers. Roof pitch is about 25 degrees.
I think the 2 side install is simpler as it doesn’t need the optimisers.
Would there be any reason or compelling benefit to justify an east/west installation thus the extra cost and extra optimiser components that could fail?
I assume both would generate similar amounts of energy and only thing I can see with east/west would be a more consistent generation profile throughout the day. Not sure this matters if I have a battery and not sure it would increase my levels of self consumption.
Justin
Single story bungalow with no shading.
I can fit 6 panels on the south face on one MPPT. I have two options for the other 10 panels on the other MPPT.
1. Install all 10 on one face (east most likely).
2. Split the 10 panels so I have 5 east and 5 west. Due to east/west shading differences during early/mid morning and mid/late afternoon I would install 10 optimisers. Roof pitch is about 25 degrees.
I think the 2 side install is simpler as it doesn’t need the optimisers.
Would there be any reason or compelling benefit to justify an east/west installation thus the extra cost and extra optimiser components that could fail?
I assume both would generate similar amounts of energy and only thing I can see with east/west would be a more consistent generation profile throughout the day. Not sure this matters if I have a battery and not sure it would increase my levels of self consumption.
Justin
