Just wondering if any esteemed wrenches have an idea what could cause this problem? Customer says nothing unusual happened that he is aware of and the panels had been working fine for many years but now 4 of 6 panels just quit. Doesn’t appear to be a diode failure.
Ron > On Sep 11, 2015, at 4:58 PM, RM You <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a customer who has 6 siemens 48w panels that are 20 years old (hooked > in parallel to a 12v battery). He says that 4 of them have failed in that > there is no output unless he bypasses the diodes. However he pulled the > diodes and checked them on a diode check and separately on a battery with a > light bulb and they appear to be functioning correctly. Any ideas what could > be causing this anomaly? > > Ron Young > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
