Day Brown said the following to Jim Dunmyer on the subject of
Solar Power In Apt? (30 Dec 97  19:53:06)
 JD> Alec,
 JD>  The reason for the 'fixed EMF' scenario is because the
 DB> lessee, if I stuff 15amps thru a diode with a .6 or .7 v drop, I
 DB> loose something on the order of ten watts outta the array, which
 DB> is probly at 15v, or 225watt.
 DB>
 DB> seems like I could use a 20 amp relay powered by a paralel tap on
 DB> the panel that would only draw (thru a 200 ohm coil) 60ma or less
 DB> than one watt, and diddly for heat.
 DB>
 DB> Or maybe one of these new IGBT gizmos, that says it has .05 volt
 DB> across it, and diddly for the drive on the gate.
Right on... man, I luv parallel thinking! Except it doesn't do much for
combining multiple arrays. Diodes really are needed for that.
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