Bluetti AC500 w/B300K battery for our home backup/supplement system install and review

Smoke haze can definitely affect solar gathering. Yesterday, with not a cloud in the sky but visible smoke haze, my rooftop solar produced 43.3 kwh. The day before, with partly cloudy conditions, I pulled in 45.8 kwh. The difference would have been more except that in the afternoon, I'd say about 2-ish, the the majority of the smoke haze was pushed out.

 

I’ve been looking at n-type panels that are meant to be better with shading and cloud conditions.

Have been using the portable panels I initially bought. They work well enough but want to get a panel rated for permanent outdoor installations. Have been positioning my panels in different places in the yard to gauge performance.

 

The struggle is real with consistently cloudy skies!

 

how much have you played with the panels being in series vs. parallel?

for my setup the docs read as if parallel was the better choice, but series increased my actual input and general production.

 

Nice engineering

 

Series is really dependent on circumstances: If one panel will get more shade than another, parallel will keep that shaded panel from dragging down the production. But, if they are next to each other, facing the same way and not over VOC, the series is generally thought of as better from what I've gathered.