A thought popped into my head recently when looking into panel size vs space available on the roof as well as the thought of tracking the sun, can flexible panels operate in a arced fashion allowing for a smaller footprint and would allow part of the panel to be online with the sun more often.
Is this possible?
My Class C RV has a fiberglass roof. I bought 4 Renogy 100W panels that I will want to install. But I don’t want to punch.
Unfortunately, this will not work. The individual cells in the panel are connected in series and all need to recieve the same amount of sunlight to operate efficiently. If the panel is curved too much then some cells will receive much more/less sunlight, causing reverse current and poor performance.