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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 651324" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>I'm currently paying AUD $0.366 / kWh for power at peak times and under $0.20 off peak. My annual bill is just under AUD $2,000 p.a. and we think we pay too much lol.</p><p></p><p>Re series/parallel. My next venture out (who knows when, lol) I'll deploy the panels for a few days in parallel without the roof panel in the mix, to check portable panel output. Before connecting to the van in series with the 50V limit on the PM300, I'll check the open circuit voltage from the 2 panels. The rated Voc is 21.24 so it should be ok with the 300s 50V limit. If ok I then want to see if there is a significant difference to a parallel connection.</p><p></p><p>I think there might be an improvement as the start charge trigger voltage will occur earlier in the day and later in the afternoon. The output will be reduced at these times, but even a smaller charge earlier is better than no charge. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The only aspect that I'm interested in, is replacing what I use........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 651324, member: 1932"] I'm currently paying AUD $0.366 / kWh for power at peak times and under $0.20 off peak. My annual bill is just under AUD $2,000 p.a. and we think we pay too much lol. Re series/parallel. My next venture out (who knows when, lol) I'll deploy the panels for a few days in parallel without the roof panel in the mix, to check portable panel output. Before connecting to the van in series with the 50V limit on the PM300, I'll check the open circuit voltage from the 2 panels. The rated Voc is 21.24 so it should be ok with the 300s 50V limit. If ok I then want to see if there is a significant difference to a parallel connection. I think there might be an improvement as the start charge trigger voltage will occur earlier in the day and later in the afternoon. The output will be reduced at these times, but even a smaller charge earlier is better than no charge. :) The only aspect that I'm interested in, is replacing what I use........ [/QUOTE]
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