oops, I knew something was missing in my post. thanks Bob. On 8 June 2012 13:09, Bob Blick wrote: > added topic tag > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Justin Richards wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> just had some solar panels installed and ended up on the East facing >> roof section where is was supposed to be North facing. >> >> I suggested put 7 panels facing North and 1 panel facing East but they >> said that it is a single tracking inverter (this inverter has two >> inputs for two (collective) panels each 1500 watts. >> >> They said not possible as it was a single tracking inverter that it >> would always default to the lowest panel or lowest denominator. =A0I >> accepted this at first, but now thinking about it, the tracking >> inverter would simple pick the optimum load for maximum power >> transfer. >> >> They also gave several other reasons why they could not put them on >> the North face including >> >> power loss , the current is low 5amsp at 360 volts so I^2 R losses I >> suspect are low over 20m. >> >> Any thoughts. >> >> justin > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .