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jeff88 · 02-21-14, 01:52 PM

I was thinking about the solar panel idea for charging, then I remembered something I saw here talking about by-pass diodes.

So it got me to wondering if I could install a by-pass diode between each battery (effectively each "solar panel"). If one battery becomes a higher resistance, then the current will flow to the next one until the second one becomes too high resistance and then so on and so on.

Here's what I am thinking:

You can see the by-pass diodes between each cell, effectively making a path of less resistance to the next one.

Will this work, or is my electrical theory incorrect somehow?

02-21-14, 01:52 PM	#8
jeff88 Lots of questions Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 73 Thanks: 27 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I was thinking about the solar panel idea for charging, then I remembered something I saw here talking about by-pass diodes. So it got me to wondering if I could install a by-pass diode between each battery (effectively each "solar panel"). If one battery becomes a higher resistance, then the current will flow to the next one until the second one becomes too high resistance and then so on and so on. Here's what I am thinking: You can see the by-pass diodes between each cell, effectively making a path of less resistance to the next one. Will this work, or is my electrical theory incorrect somehow? Last edited by jeff88; 02-21-14 at 01:55 PM..