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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Does anyone
have any experience with these units?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do they work
with off grid lower voltages?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do they work
with all controllers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do they
affect MPPT function positively or negatively?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do they work
well with Grid tie?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How would you
gauge the increased performance?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dana
Orzel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Great
Solar Works, Inc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.solarwork.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E
- dana@solarwork.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>V
- 970.626.5253<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>F
- 970.626.4140<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>C
- 970.209.4076<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“I'd put
my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal
run out before we tackle that.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>—Thomas
Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://www.solarmagic.com/">SolarMagic™
Technology Home -- Solar for the Real World</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#6DB23C'>SolarMagic Power Optimizer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7C7C7C'>Today’s
photovoltaic arrays are defined as strings of series-connected PV panels, which
are then paralleled together and converted to AC power through an inverter. The
key challenge of these arrays is how a small amount of real-world mismatch with
just a few of the PV panels can cut the power output of the entire array in
half. This mismatch can come in the form of shading (e.g. trees, chimneys,
overhead power lines, bird droppings, handrails, etc.), panel-to-panel
mismatch, different panel orientations and tilts, or different string lengths.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7C7C7C'>As a result of these mismatches, system
integrators are often forced to compromise their installation by various
methods, such as reducing the size of the array to avoid shade, accepting a
lower energy output per square meter, or adding extra panels in a different
part of the array, all of which cost money, efficiency, and/or aesthetics for
the system owner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7C7C7C'>To maximize the energy output
of each solar PV panel in the array, National Semiconductor has developed
SolarMagic technology, which enables each solar panel to produce the maximum
energy regardless of whether other panels in the array are under-performing due
to mismatch. SolarMagic technology monitors and maximizes the energy harvest of
each individual PV panel through advanced algorithms combined with leading-edge
mixed-signal technology, thereby recouping up to 57% of the lost energy due to
mismatches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7C7C7C'>The SolarMagic power optimizer
is designed to be installed quickly and easily within the traditional
architecture of a solar array. Each power optimizer comes with a universal
mounting bracket for easy attachment to a racking system. The output wires of
each solar panel are simply series-connected to a power optimizer (positive
wire to positive wire, negative to negative), with the power optimizer output
wires correspondingly connecting into the next solar panel’s power
optimizer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7C7C7C'>All SolarMagic power optimizers
come with a limited 20-year warranty, thereby ensuring the reliability of the
panel-mounted electronics matches the panels themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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