Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00934



To: w.j.m.brok@stud.tue.nl, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "James Niemasik" niemasik@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:54:37 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Solarcells in parallel


Yes, you can. There were a few threads about some problems with
connecting cells in parallel, but if the cells are the same type, it
ought to work. Test it with a multimeter, if you have one.

>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:28:15 +0100
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>From: Wouter Brok
>Subject: Solarcells in parallel
>Reply-To: Wouter Brok
>
>Just a little question:
>
>Can you connect 2 solarcells of the same type in parallel to increase
>available current?
>
>Reason I ask this is that I thought to have read somewhere that this
has
>some disadvantages or so, but I forgot where or how or what.
>
>Thanks
>
>Wouter Brok
>
>
>

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