"=3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ruben_J=3DF6nsson?=3D" writes:
> > PV cells are DIODES. There is no need for an additional one to=20
> 'isolate' it
> > from the battery.
> >
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> Ok, so no diode is needed to not hurt the cells.
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> What about reverse leakage current?
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> You don't want to discharge the batteries through the cells when it is=20
> dark.

	If you leave the diode out of some arrays, it only gets
truly dark when the battery discharges.:-)

	Somewhere, I read an account of a PV pannel at some
experimental site that exhibited LED properties when the
batteries tried to discharge back through the Solar cells.
It was reported that the cells gave off an eerie blueish-purple
glow.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK=20
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
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