Search results for query: failed solar panel

After 2failed flexi panels, I went for rigid. My next van will have rigid panels from the get go. https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/

You need to get a meter across the solar terminals during daylight. Chances are it's a failed panel.

After 2 failed flexi panels, I went rigid (ooer matron) Would it not be possible to mount rigid panels so that they are "underslung" from the C rails so that the panels sit flush with the top of the rails. We have a 30mm lift kit on the suspension & can still squeeze under a 2.1m barrier...

https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/ https://www.t6forum.com/threads/just-bought-a-reimo-poptop-solar-panel.34364/

Shading has always been a big issue in the solar panel world. The cells in an individual panel are in a configuration where several rows of cells are arranged in series & then these clusters are arranged in parallel. If one of the series cells in a cluster is shaded or fails, it brings down the...

It's a cracked bus bar, panel is FUBAR. loads of info here =Salty+Spuds&o=relevance']search

Loads of info & experience of this on the forum. Search for “failed solar panel”

Try a search, masses of info on the forum. It’s well documented. For example:- https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/

After a second flexi solar panel failure, I'm going for a rigid type in the hope that it's a last time fit & forget job. The first flexi to fail was a generic chinese one factory fitted to the poptop by Reimo, that lasted around 2 years. The second one, which has just failed was a Carbest...

It’s not the diodes. It’s cracking of the bus bars as @Dellmassive has highlighted. Very common problem.

There have been a few folks struggling to get support from Renogy recently. I've clicked on your link & can't find a UK contact or address anywhere on the webpage. Caveat Emptor

As I see it, having gone through 2 flexible panels & now on a rigid panel, you can either have stealthy & cool, or functional. Personally, considering the ball ache of having had 2 panels fail in service & the PITA of swapping them out, I'm, sticking with functional. I think we're deluding...

Join the club, loads of failed panel stories on the forum. I’m on my 3rd. The first 2 failed & were semi flexible bonded ones like yours. The first one was removed using the cheese wire method. I then had the next one bonded on top of a piece of vinyl wrap in anticipation that this would fail...

https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/

Or go rigid. https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/

That panel looks very much like The factory fitted one that came with my Reimo roof. It lasted 18months before it failed. The replacement Carbest panel lasted 2 years before that too failed. I’m now on panel 3 which is a rigid panel. Re. MppT controller, I wouldn’t fit anything but a Victron.

All the info is here. Panel still going strong, no issues yet. https://www.t6forum.com/threads/another-failed-solar-panel.29684/

Looking at the drawing, there’s only a 3-4” gap at the front, so the wind isn’t going to be a problem imho.

I'm on my 3rd solar panel on my Reimo Easyfit. The first one was the factory fitted option by Reimo, this was an un-branded chinese POS that lasted 18 months. The second one was a Carbest supplied by Reimo as a warranty replacement for the original one. That lasted a couple of years, both of...

Classic failure. Both of my previous flexi panels failed in exactly the same way. Fine on a morning when cold, as soon as they warm up, nada! It's the difference in expansion between the panel & the substrate i.e. van roof. This is why manufacturers are now quite specific in how the panels...