Comments on: Solar Magic in the Shade http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/solar-magic-in-the-shade/ A blog about residential solar power, brought to you by CalFinder. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/solar-magic-in-the-shade/comment-page-1/#comment-19524 John Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:46:08 +0000 http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/solar-magic-in-the-shade/#comment-19524 This is probably using a maximum power point tracking strategy with a buck / boost controller and possibly dithering. There have been Quite a few circuit designs and discussions made public over the last 15 years, and all seem to have agreed that while an inverter on each cell (module) is more efficent, it is also a LOT more costly than a sigle bulk type inverter So the real decission is one of cost verse performance..Is it really worth it? I think it depends on the size of the system. This is probably using a maximum power point tracking strategy with a buck / boost controller and possibly dithering. There have been Quite a few circuit designs and discussions made public over the last 15 years, and all seem to have agreed that while an inverter on each cell (module) is more efficent, it is also a LOT more costly than a sigle bulk type inverter So the real decission is one of cost verse performance..Is it really worth it? I think it depends on the size of the system.

]]> By: Sean http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/solar-magic-in-the-shade/comment-page-1/#comment-6190 Sean Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:48:19 +0000 http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/solar-magic-in-the-shade/#comment-6190 Thanks for the update Dan. Do you know what type of internal setup topology they are using for their PCB system? Cheers Sean Thanks for the update Dan. Do you know what type of internal setup topology they are using for their PCB system?

Cheers

Sean

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