[RE-wrenches] half cut PV modules

[William Miller]

Zeke:

Are you doing off-grid or grid-connected?  Where are your PV circuits
terminated?


William Miller
Miller Solar.com
805-438-5600
www.millersolar.com


On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM Zeke Yewdall via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Wow.  Reading through your document, I guess I've missed out on a lot of
> wire management issues by doing mostly ground mounts with my halfcut
> modules -- no MLPE, and just running the wires in the third rail.
>
> I actually like the half cut modules a lot better for production in the
> winter because when I get snow covering just the bottom edge of an array,
> the top part still works at half amperage -- much better than the old 60
> cell modules where I'd often have a few inches of snow hanging on the
> bottom cell line, blocking all three of the bypass sections.   Usually I
> find myself on the other end... where equipment is designed with everything
> except winter off grid systems.  Interesting that in this case, it's
> actually good for my situation, by chance.
>
> Zeke
>
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