TODAY I LEARNED

Booms away….

Solar panels HATE shade and just a little has a dramatic effect.

On Waiata we have 5 X LG415Watt bifacial panels that are really good and especially good with lower sunshine levels.

BUT the other day I found, whilst cleaning connectors and monitoring each panel, that even my own arms shadow, in fact, just my hand, on a panel would reduce its output by nearly 80%.

The biggest source of shade on a moored boat is the Mast and boom. You can’t do much about the mast but you can do alot about the Boom.

Put a preventer on it and get that Boom out of the way of your solar panels today!!!!

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