Reconfigure solar panel to change output voltage

Reconfigure solar panel to change output voltage

Can I reconfigure a 72 cell (6 x 12) panel to work as two 36 cell panels (in parallel) for a 12 volt system?

I want to connect them in parallel for maximum partial shade tolerance.

Some panels have zero information on how many diodes they have and some have diode count but no information about how they're wired.

For example, Solarworld SW345XL (specs) says "Number of bypass diodes: 3". So that's probably wired as 3 x 24 cells and won't work for me, right?

Seems I should be looking for something w/ 72 cells and 2 bypass diodes if this has any hope of working, correct?

Thanks.

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