> I use just two small panels- one on a tree trunk dedicated to a garde
> and the other on the roof of the garden shed. Was surprised to find t
> "dark" current ie leakage out of the battery at night, was
> significant [I forget how many mA].
> Probably OK in summer, but not good for the winter period of low
> panel output.
> So I connected a permanent diode in a lead from each of the panels.
> Problem solved.
CH>But you lost the .7 volt drop across the diode in the process...
 Use a Schottky diode (Digi-Key part #95SQ015ND, $3.81 each, 9 amps)
or similar.
 These have a forward voltage drop of only .25 volts.
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 Later.
 Robert
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