• gaiussabinus@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    This can cause degradation of the PN junction on the panel shortening life. The plans I’ve seen all have a resistive heater some place to dump the excess when full. Smart equipment does help mitigate most issues like moving the resistance point on the panel for lower efficiency when signaled to do so but less is not the same as none.

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      2 hours ago

      How does it damage the PN junction of the panel is open circuit or barely loaded? It doesn’t seem logical that this would damage the panel, but I’m open to being proven wrong.

      There are all kinds of follow up questions to ask as well, but I think the main one is how big an effect are we talking?