Fried Diode

Ramdriver
Ramdriver Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭
in Solar Beginners Corner #1
Do I have to repair/bypass or can I eliminate the diode in a single panel system? I fried it ☺️ Just trying to charge my battery 
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,640 admin
    #2
    What diode? In the solar panel? It a charge controller?

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  • Ramdriver
    Ramdriver Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭
    #3
    There is what I believe is a diode soldered into the + and - terminations on the back of the solar panel. 
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  • mcgivor
    mcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2019 #4
    They are diodes, used to bypass shaded cell strings within the module, this allow partial output rather than no output. They are very cheap, I would replace them, the panel will operate with them bypassed as long as there is never any shading.https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/diode/bypass-diodes.html
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  • Ramdriver
    Ramdriver Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭
    #5
    Thanks that is exactly what I was looking for!
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