I recently made the mistake of buying a 175w solar panel (roughly 9.6 amps iirc) and found out when you mix panels with different output amps, the higher amp panel is limited to the output of the lowest amp panel. My other 3 panels are 100w and about 5 amps.
I am trying to get some clarification on this.
Does it mean the 175w panel can never output over 5 amps?
Or does it mean that if the 175w panel is in full sun, and the other panels are shaded, that it can pick up the slack and output it’s whole 9.6 amps (but it gets divided up between the other panels since they’re shaded) thereby making the amperage in the system 9.6a / 4 panels = 2.4a?
I am trying to get some clarification on this.
Does it mean the 175w panel can never output over 5 amps?
Or does it mean that if the 175w panel is in full sun, and the other panels are shaded, that it can pick up the slack and output it’s whole 9.6 amps (but it gets divided up between the other panels since they’re shaded) thereby making the amperage in the system 9.6a / 4 panels = 2.4a?