{"id":7826,"date":"2016-10-20T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T04:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2019-06-25T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T04:27:22","slug":"maxim-just-killed-microinverter-dc-optimiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/maxim-just-killed-microinverter-dc-optimiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Maxim Just Killed The Microinverter &#038; DC Optimiser?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7924\" style=\"width: 1119px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7924\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim-vs-microimverter-optimiser.jpg\" alt=\"3 maxim chips compared to a micro inverter and dc optimiser\" width=\"1109\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim-vs-microimverter-optimiser.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim-vs-microimverter-optimiser-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim-vs-microimverter-optimiser-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim-vs-microimverter-optimiser-1024x579.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are these 3 little chips all you need to optimise your panels for maximum energy output?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maximintegrated.com\/en\/products\/industries\/solar-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maxim Integrated<\/a> is a Californian electronics company that has been going strong for 33 years and has only ever been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eetimes.com\/document.asp?doc_id=1167179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delisted<\/a> from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange once.\u00a0 As you may be able to tell from their name, they like to integrate things and have\u00a0developed a way to optimise the power from individual solar panels using 3 tiny chips embedded in the panel.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering why panel optimisation is a good thing, this video explains it in about 20 seconds using the power of bird poo. The video proposes micro inverters as a solution, but DC optimisers achieve the same optimisation outcome.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Solar Panels and Shade - What you need to know\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgiTuWnUD8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Until now DC optimisers have been small boxes\u00a0of electronics that are attached on or below individual panels. They work hard to maximize the electrical energy delivered.<\/p>\n<p>On a roof without shading issues and where panels stay reasonably clean they may increase the amount of electricity produced by around\u00a05%.<\/p>\n<p>For a system which does have shade problems the performance improvement of optimised panels is typically\u00a0over 15%.<\/p>\n<h2>Maxim Optimisers Are Cheap<\/h2>\n<p>Maxim Integrated says their technology is 7 Aussie cents a watt.\u00a0\u00a0That&#8217;s less than $20 for a typical panel.\u00a0 Currently panel level optimisation, which is less effective, costs roughly three times as much or more.\u00a0 Provided Maxim is being truthful, this is going to shake up the DC optimisation industry and hurt sales of microinverters.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how much extra you will typically pay for the 4 different panel optimisation technologies:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Microinverters (e.g. Enphase)<\/li>\n<li>DC Optimisers (e.g. Tigo or SolarEdge)<\/li>\n<li>Smart Panels (i.e. panels with the optimiser box factory fitted such as Trina Smart Panels)<\/li>\n<li>Maxim Integrated<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_7909\" style=\"width: 867px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7909\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/optimiser-costs.jpg\" alt=\"graph of costs of adding optimisation\" width=\"857\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/optimiser-costs.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/optimiser-costs-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/optimiser-costs-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxim Integrated have slashed the costs of panel optimisation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But not only are they cheap, Maxim&#8217;s optimisers are also more effective than a regular DC optimiser, because they don&#8217;t just optimise the panel, they optimise the cell-string. Read on to discover what this actually means.<\/p>\n<h2>Panel Level Optimisation<\/h2>\n<p>One way to be certain one shaded panel won&#8217;t affect the performance of others is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/micro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microinverters<\/a>.\u00a0 These tiny inverters turn each panel into an independent generator and send AC power directly to your home switchboard.\u00a0 They eliminate the need for a central string inverter and can be extremely reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is to use DC panel optimisers, which can either be built into the panel or in a box that gets bolted on later.\u00a0 While they work very differently from microinverters, they have a similar result.\u00a0 If one panel performs poorly its output will be adjusted so it will add to the total amount of power generated rather than harming the output of the others.<\/p>\n<p>Both microinverters and DC panel optimisers only work at the level of the panel.\u00a0 If a bird poops on one panel it will stop it from affecting the others in the system, but they can&#8217;t do anything to improve the output of that panel.\u00a0 However, Maxim&#8217;s technology can &#8211; by optimising the performance of the solar cell-strings inside the panel.<\/p>\n<h2>Cell-String Optimisation<\/h2>\n<p>A solar panel may appear to be a large rectangle, but if you look at the way the way individual cells are wired together, it is actually one long snake made out of solar cells. A snake that is one cell wide and typically\u00a060 cells long.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/img\/solar-cell-layout.jpg\" alt=\"solar cell string\" width=\"280\" height=\"700\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A string of 60 solar cells in series makes up a typical solar panel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because of this, if just one solar cell is covered by bird poop or a leaf it can affect the performance of every other cell in the panel. This happens because the current is reduced in the soiled\u00a0cell, which reduces the current in all the cells.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent a single poop spoiling the party for all the solar cells, bypass diodes are used to limit the harm caused by party poopers. \u00a0This is what a diode looks like. It is about the size of a grain of basmati rice:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/img\/bypass-diode.jpg\" alt=\"A bypass diode\" width=\"427\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bypass diode is used to bypass shaded cells.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A typical 60 cell panel is divided into three cell-strings of 20 cells each.\u00a0 If one of these cell-strings starts performing poorly its bypass diode will skip that string so it won&#8217;t reduce the output of the other two. Here&#8217;s how they are connected:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 439px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/img\/bypass-diodes2.jpg\" alt=\"bypass diode electrical diagram\" width=\"429\" height=\"355\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">How bypass diodes are connected in a conventional panel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When a bypass diode is activated the cell-string that it bypasses\u00a0contributes nothing, nada, zip.\u00a0 As a result, the panel&#8217;s output drops by a third. If 2 bypass diodes are activated, the panel loses 2-thirds of its power.\u00a0 In the unlikely event all 3 diodes are activated, you get nothing from the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Maxim gets around this problem by optimising the output of each individual cell-string.\u00a0 If one of three cell-strings has its output reduced due to shade or poo or damage to a cell, then the tiny chip that replaces the bypass diode will optimise the cell-string\u00a0so whatever power it generates is added to the total the panel produces instead of dragging the other two down to its level.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to illustrate this is to use Maxim Integrated&#8217;s own illustration:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7857\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7857\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim_string_panel_optimization.jpg\" alt=\"The effects of shading (poo) on a single standard solar panel, one that is optimized at the panel level, and one using Maxim Integrated's panel string optimisation. (Image credit: Maxim Integrated)\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim_string_panel_optimization.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxim_string_panel_optimization-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The effects of shading (bird poo) on a single solar panel.\u00a0 The one on the left is a standard solar panel.\u00a0 The one in the middle is optimised at the panel level.\u00a0 And the one on the right uses Maxim Integrated&#8217;s cell-string optimisation. (Image credit: Maxim Integrated)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see with a standard panel on the left, a bird poop over a single solar cell can knock out an entire cell-string, which is one-third of a standard panel.\u00a0 It also has the same effect on the center panel which is optimised at the panel level.\u00a0 But Maxim&#8217;s cell-string optimisation is able to squeeze\u00a0power out of the affected cell-string and contribute it to the total output.<\/p>\n<h2>SunPower Panels Bypass Individual Cells<\/h2>\n<p>On their illustration, Maxim Integrated describe their technology as a solar cell optimiser.\u00a0 And it is certainly true that it optimises solar cells.\u00a0 However, it would be more accurate to call it cell-string optimisation, as it works on that level and not on individual cells.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-solar-panels\/\">SunPower<\/a>, an American company that produces panels with a 25 year product warranty, uses technology that is able to bypass individual shaded cells.\u00a0 According to Sunpower&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sznZHSuZXrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">information<\/a> they appear considerably better at handling shade than Maxim&#8217;s cell-string optimisation.\u00a0 But while they do an excellent job of reducing the effect of shade on individual panels, they won&#8217;t prevent one shaded panel dragging down the output of others on the same string in the panel array.<\/p>\n<h2>Maxim&#8217;s\u00a0Chips Won&#8217;t Burn Out Like Diodes<\/h2>\n<p>Maxim Integrated is confident their technology will last for the lifetime of panels using it.\u00a0 While it is not possible to be\u00a0certain it will function for 25+ years without either waiting that long or using a time machine, Maxim Integrated has run many tests and have used\u00a0similar technology for decades, so they are very confident.<\/p>\n<p>Optimisation that lasts a lifetime will be a significant improvement over bypass diodes which can and do burn out.\u00a0 While diodes in quality panels can last for decades, when they are placed in a situation that stresses them, such as actually bypassing cell-strings, they can eventually burn out rendering at least one-third of the panel useless. And once a diode has failed,\u00a0total\u00a0panel\u00a0failure will often soon follow.<\/p>\n<p>I would give a detailed description of the tiny chips Maxim uses to replace bypass diodes and optimise the output of cell-strings, but I won&#8217;t because then you might expect me to explain in detail how they work and that is something best left to an electronic engineer, of which I am not.<\/p>\n<h2>Maxim&#8217;s Optimisation May Extend The Life Of Panels<\/h2>\n<p>Unless Mick Jagger turns up and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paints it black<\/a>, a soiled or shaded cell-string will always produce some energy during the day.\u00a0 But if its bypass diode is activated that energy has nowhere to go and will end up as heat in the most heavily shaded cell.\u00a0 This creates a hot spot that can potentially damage the panel, degrade its performance, and even eventually cause the whole thing to fail.<\/p>\n<p>But because Maxim&#8217;s optimisation will always work to contribute any current produced by a cell string to the panel&#8217;s total output, a cell-string is never bypassed which means hot spots are never created.\u00a0 This should, on average, increase the lifespan of panels and reduce their slow but gradual deterioration in efficiency as they age.<\/p>\n<h2>Maxim Panels Cannot Be Individually Monitored<\/h2>\n<p>The low cost of Maxim optimisation comes at a cost.\u00a0 There is always a price to be paid for low prices and in this case it is the lack of an inbuilt communication system. This means, unlike with standard panel level optimisation or microinverters, the performance of individual panels cannot be monitored.\u00a0 It is only possible to observe the total output of the system via the inverter.<\/p>\n<p>Some people love being able to monitor the output of every panel on their array and if this sounds like you, then I am afraid Maxim DC optimisation will deprive you of the delights of solar panel voyeurism.\u00a0 But I find a large number of people, probably the majority, don&#8217;t give much of a damn about the details of their system&#8217;s performance and are happy just to just know their entire collection of panels are working at an acceptable level, which is something their inverter is able to tell them.<\/p>\n<h2>Multiple Panel Orientations Can Be Put On One String<\/h2>\n<p>For inverters that can only accept one string all the panels must face the same direction without optimisation.\u00a0 With perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/an-eastwest-spit-of-solar-panels-on-a-single-string-can-work-well\/\">one exception<\/a>, which ever panels are receiving the least amount of light will pull down the performance of the others.<\/p>\n<p>Most string inverters can now accept two independent strings of solar panels.\u00a0 But this still means households can only place their panels in two directions, limiting the amount of usable roof space and making installation on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney_Opera_House#\/media\/File:Sydney_Opera_House,_botanic_gardens_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unusual roofs<\/a> difficult.<\/p>\n<p>But with optimisation the performance of one panel has no effect on the others and so it is possible to place panels facing in any direction desired.\u00a0 It would be possible for one string to have panels facing north, east, west, and south, and hung on the walls.\u00a0 Some could even be installed upside down, although that&#8217;s not recommended.<\/p>\n<h2>Racks Can Be Placed Closer Together<\/h2>\n<p>When racks of standard panels are installed on a flat roof or on the ground, enough space has to be left between them so they won&#8217;t shade each other in winter when shadows are the longest.\u00a0 Those who are desperate to get the maximum output out of a limited amount of space can place them closer so they shade each other a little, but if it is more than just a little they will lose more output than is gained.<\/p>\n<p>But because Maxim optimised panels handle shade much better than standard panels, racks can be placed much closer together.\u00a0 According to Maxim Integrated, at around Sydney&#8217;s latitude it doesn&#8217;t matter how closely the racks are placed, the increased shading will never cause their total annual output to actually drop.\u00a0 Sure, it is probably pretty dumb to cram them in as closely as possible because it means paying for extra panels for diminishing returns, but for people with a limited amount of space it can be cost effective to place racks closer than normal.<\/p>\n<h2>Jinko and Trina To Use Maxim Integrated Optimisation<\/h2>\n<p>Jinko Solar has released its <a href=\"http:\/\/jinkosolar.com\/product_detail_245.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eagle MX<\/a> panels that use Maxim Integrated optimisation.\u00a0 Trina Solar has displayed a fully tested and certified panel using the technology in Los Angeles but it may not be ready for sale, as I can&#8217;t find any information about it online.\u00a0 Maxim Integrated says four or five other manufacturers will also soon release panels using their technology.<\/p>\n<p>We will have to wait and see if the price premium on these panels will be as low as Maxim suggests.\u00a0 The first ones on the market may not lower their prices until competition forces them to, but hopefully it will soon get down to the promised\u00a07 cents a watt.<\/p>\n<h2>Maxim Optimisation Makes Economic Sense<\/h2>\n<p>For a rooftop with no shading issues it may not be worth paying an extra 7 cents a watts for panels with Maxim optimisation.\u00a0 Sure, it would help limit the effects of the occasional bird poo, but using the money saved to pay for an extra panel or two should make up for those loses.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0 7 cents a watt is pretty cheap insurance to make sure one poorly performing panel won&#8217;t bring down the output of an entire string.\u00a0 It would also help future-proof your system in case a neighbor&#8217;s erection casts shade on your roof or a horde of fruit bats decide to move into the trees next door. It may also extend the life of your panels.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who does have shading issues, has a lot of birds or bats with high fibre diets in their area, or wants to install panels facing in more than one direction on a single string, then Maxim Integrated DC optimisation at 7 cents a watt appears to be a no brainer.\u00a0 If individual panel monitoring\u00a0does not interest you, then you appear certain to get your money&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n<h2>So Will Maxim Integrated Kill The Microinverter and DC Optimiser?<\/h2>\n<p>Will Maxim Integrated&#8217;s little chips actually do what I suggested in the headline and murder microinverters and traditional DC optimizers?<\/p>\n<p>If Maxim&#8217;s claims hold up in the real world (and prove reliable enough in our harsh Australian conditions) then maybe.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not interested in the other features offered by some DC optimiser boxes, such as panel level monitoring or rapid shutdown, then a Maxim powered panel\u00a0promises more granular optimisation at a lower price than the established, discrete DC optimisers.<\/p>\n<p>As for microinverters, they offer a few more benefits over DC optimisers that more\u00a0people may\u00a0be happy to pay extra for such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the safety of 240V AC over high voltage DC<\/li>\n<li>reliability from no single point of failure<\/li>\n<li>no need for a central inverter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So despite their situation being sub-optimal, Microinverter manufacturers should feel a little less threatened, especially if they ever get to the holy grail of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cheaper-microinverters-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheaper than string inverters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait to see how the Maxim powered panels perform in the field. If they do what they promise then, for no-frills optimisation, those little chips from Maxim Integrated will be\u00a0hard to beat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxim Integrated is a Californian electronics company that has been going strong for 33 years and has only ever been delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange once.\u00a0 As you may be able to tell from their name, they like to integrate things and have\u00a0developed a way to optimise the power from individual solar panels using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[571,661,408,572],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-inverters","tag-enphase","tag-maxim","tag-shade","tag-solaredge","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Has Maxim Just Killed The Microinverter &amp; DC Optimiser? - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Will Maxim Integrated&#039;s little chips actually do what I suggested in the headline and murder microinverters and traditional DC optimizers? 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