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Crankshaft

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I'm wondering why a solar panel manufacturer has panel ratings so close.

Checking out the Canadian HiKu mono panels.

There is a 375w and 380w model.

Size and weight identical, small price difference.

Why would a manufacturer make panels that are so similar.

I wonder why anyone would choose one over the over.

My guess is that when the cells are selected , the better-performing cells go on the 380w panel.

Could also be an older and a newer model.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Crankshaft said:

I'm wondering why a solar panel manufacturer has panel ratings so close.

Checking out the Canadian HiKu mono panels.

There is a 375w and 380w model.

Size and weight identical, small price difference.

Why would a manufacturer make panels that are so similar.

I wonder why anyone would choose one over the over.

My guess is that when the cells are selected , the better-performing cells go on the 380w panel.

Could also be an older and a newer model.

 

 

Maybe has to do with Parallel and Serie strings etc, but yeah with you, never could quite understand this, so keen to know the answer as well ...

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Crankshaft said:

I'm wondering why a solar panel manufacturer has panel ratings so close.

Checking out the Canadian HiKu mono panels.

There is a 375w and 380w model.

Size and weight identical, small price difference.

Why would a manufacturer make panels that are so similar.

I wonder why anyone would choose one over the over.

My guess is that when the cells are selected , the better-performing cells go on the 380w panel.

Could also be an older and a newer model.

 

 

you answered your question there 🙂

similar to how chip manufacturers would have an i3 and i5 from the same silicon wafer but different bins.

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