HarryN
Solar Enthusiast
Quick update: Cleaned up connectors, replaced one that seemed a bit sketchy and am now seeing 110Watts at 4 Amps at noon. Better and considering battery is 90% full I need to do a test with 50% full or under load next. Figured I'd say thanks on connector check suggestions above.
I have gone through this challenge in the past of trying to use 2S2P panels with a rated Vmp ~ 36 volts through an MPPT controller - into 24 volt battery pack in the past.
There are a couple of challenges, one of the bigger ones is that many MPPT controllers don't turn on until until the Vpanel hits at least Vbat + 5 volts.
This might work in sunny areas, but in the San Francisco area, especially in the winter - it just doesn't.
I swapped the controller out for a Bogart PWM and it all works, and it fires up much earlier in the day and under really terrible lighting conditions.
Under perfect lighting conditions, the MPPT would be better but we don' t get that here. The other option is to wire the panels 4S.