Quote Originally Posted by Laser_Ramon View Post
yup, its around 15W or less. hindi pa kasama dun yung nominal operating conditions, so it will drop to about 12W due to temperature coefficient. yung iba minamaximize nila yung heat ng solar cell to heat water by running pipes through the them. this also helps lowering the temperature of the solar cells a bit and in turn increase the effectivity.

You also need a Maximum power point tracker (MPPT) because resistive/impedance loading like batteries, charge controllers, etc messes up the Current Voltage output (Power) ng solar panel. kumbaga impedance matching para laging maximum power ang laging natatanggap. para siyang DC-to-DC Converter.

Others use solar trackers, yung automatic in-oorient yung solar panels to the sun by use of DC motors para maximised yung illumination ng sun. but you need a large space for this. Actually, you can just position the solar panel 15degrees to the east west coordinate (the philippines is below 15 degrees below the equator) para sagap niya yung path nung sun. but you still need to consider the seasons (the sun's path changes throughout the year)

medyo marami-rami din ang kailangan to make the system more efficient. kelangan mabusisis yung planning at design to get your money's worth. Sir, pup have you considered the ageing effects nung solar cells? humihina din kasi yung solar cells in the span of its usable lifespan.
Ageing? Good point in addition to cleaning. Hindi ko alam yun but I'll make sure to ask now that I know about it! hehehe. Kaya ko nga inopen ang thread eh.

Since yung circuit naka double throw meralco/gen set na ngayon ay meralco/solar, di naman super problems ang brownout gaya sa sims ... huwag lang madalas.