Andalay Solar PanelsAndalay is an advanced, high performance solar power system with integrated high efficiency solar panels. It’s sleek and stylish, yet delivers unparalleled, built in reliability – a beautiful way to protect the environment, save power costs, and add to the value of your home or business.
Andalay’s Integrated System Advantages:
Andalay’s revolutionary engineering secures the parts within each panel, allowing these slim panels to be mounted closer together for a smaller “footprint” with no unsightly mounting racks, dangling wires, or gaps between panels. Together with all-black components, the result is a noticeably smoother, streamlined look.
Andalay panels are modular, yet designed to attach together as an integrated system. All racking hardware, grounding wires, wiring connections – even the connections between panels – are integrated. The result is unparalleled reliability: fewer parts to fail, fewer roof penetrations, and fewer and shorter connections subject to pinch, abrade, or decay. Andalay’s improved reliability withstands the weather, without panels loosening from heating/cooling cycles.
Electrical characteristics measure the core system performance. Note that an Output Tolerance of ± 3% is very good, as is the integrated wiring and grounding, and the use of monocrystalline silicon.
Electrical Characteristics at Standard Test Conditions
STC: irradiance of 1000W/m2, spectrum AM 1.5g, and cell temperature of 25°C
| | | ST170-1 | ST175-1 | |
| Peak Power | P max | 170W | 175W | |
| Output Tolerance | | ± 3% | ± 3% | |
| Rated Current | Imp | 4.83A | 4.95A | |
| Rated Voltage | V mp | 35.2V | 35.2V | |
| Short-Circuit Current | I sc | 5.14A | 5.2A | |
| Open-Circuit Voltage | V oc | 43.8V | 44.2V | |
| Series Fuse | | 15A | ||
| Maximum System Voltage | | 600V | ||
| Solar Cell Technology | | Monocrystalline silicon (125mm X 125mm) | ||
| Number of cells & connections | | 72 (6 X 12) in series | ||
| Grounding wires | | Integrated | ||
| Wiring Connections | | Integrated | ||
| Temperature coefficients | Power | -0.5% /°C (±0.05) | ||
| Voltage | -0.155 V/°C (±0.01) | |||
| Current | -0.6% / °C (±0.01) | |||
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| ST170/175
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| Normal Operating Cell Temperature | 45°C ±2°C
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| Short-circuit current temperature coefficient | 0.045%/K
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| Open-circuit current temperature coefficient | -0.34%/K
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| Peak power temperature coefficient | -0.47%/K
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| | ST170/175 |
| Length | 1,590.3 mm (62.6 in) |
| Width | 817.9 mm (32.2 in) |
| Thickness | 55.6 mm (2.2 in) |
| Weight | 18.5 kg (40.7 lbs) |
| Module Area (m2) | 1.3 |
| Internal Bypass Diodes | Yes |
| Module-module connector | 9/16” opposite-threaded, auto-grounding internal bolt |
| Grounding Wires | Internal, auto-connect |
| Wiring Connection | MC Plug Type IV, waterproof auto-interconnect, internal |
| Structural Members | Built in to panel |
| Assembly tool | Single Andalay wrench |
| Color | All black
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| Mechanical Specifications – System Integration | ||
| | ST170/175 | Non-Andalay |
| Racking hardware | Integrated | External |
| Grounding wires | Integrated | External |
| Panel-panel Wiring | Factory-assembled | Installer-assembled |
| Wiring Connection | MC Plug Type IV waterproof auto-interconnect, internal | External/internal |
| Module-module connector | Integrated 9/16” opposite-threaded , auto-grounding internal bolt | External |
| Grounding Wires | Internal, auto-connect | External |
| Structural Members | Built in to panel | External |
| Space between modules | 1/8” | Up to 3” |
| Roofing penetrations | 25% Fewer | Standard |
| Assembly tool | Single Andalay wrench | Generally power drills, power sawzalls, socket wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, extension cords. |
