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Solar panel
What size solar panel can be fitted to a 2014 nuevo EK as the roof space is limited , I know the controller is limited to 120 w ,has anyone managed to fit a single 120 w panel ,or 2, 60c w .
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Re: Solar panel
Hi Molly, I've just fitted a 100w 12v to my 2009 Nuevo EK, I just managed to get it in behind the main roof window.
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Re: Solar panel
Was it a ridged or a flexible , not an easy job on such a high roof ,did you work from ladders or did the roof support your weight OK .Bazz
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Re: Solar panel
It was a rigid solar panel and I used a ladder on the outside but in hindsight I should have used a step ladder inside and accessed through the big roof window, it would have been much easier I had to extend the reinforced roof area and used an old plastic chopping board which I cut up.
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Re: Solar panel
We have a 140W panel transferred from our old van, but it has its own controller.
Does the aerial in the picture above produce a shadow and reduce the output of the panel?
Does the aerial in the picture above produce a shadow and reduce the output of the panel?
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Re: Solar panel
safariboy wrote:We have a 140W panel transferred from our old van, but it has its own controller.
Does the aerial in the picture above produce a shadow and reduce the output of the panel?
Not noticeably, although we have only been using it during the summer, it may have more effect when the sun is lower.
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Re: Solar panel
Thanks for pics ,very different roof to 2014grahamandjenny wrote:It was a rigid solar panel and I used a ladder on the outside but in hindsight I should have used a step ladder inside and accessed through the big roof window, it would have been much easier I had to extend the reinforced roof area and used an old plastic chopping board which I cut up.
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Re: Solar panel
Yes, and I have an aircon unit where that solar panel is. It only just fits!
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Re: Solar panel
Perhaps if was set vertical it would be better.
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Re: Solar panel
Oh no, not the cell shunt overheat problem! You should know better than to mention the cell shunt overheat problem!
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Re: Solar panel
Didn't they solve that one - no, come to think of it they only managed to handle it on panels that were square. Rectangular ones were too difficult to fix.
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Re: Solar panel
Shading problems ....... Turn the van round
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Re: Solar panel
Excuse my ignorance but what is the shunt overheat problem. Our panel is rectangular and seems to work.
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Re: Solar panel
safariboy wrote:Excuse my ignorance but what is the shunt overheat problem. Our panel is rectangular and seems to work.
Its a wind up...……...
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Re: Solar panel
Peter Brown wrote:
Its a wind up...……...
Not entirely, but nearly - it is a recorded phenomenon and it got discussed at some length in a previous thread here, which maybe got a little overheated too. But... yes, in practical terms it's probably not worth even thinking about.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10694-015-0509-7
(The above is just an example from a 30-second Google - there are other papers on the subject that explain it better).
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