Maximum number of PV module

The MX60 is good for about 60 amps out to the battery.
If you have a 24 volt battery system, then about 1600 watts worth of panels is what you can connect to it.  3200 watts or so for a 48 volt battery system.  So, if you have 175 watt panels, you could connect up 1600W / 175W or 9 panels max for a 24 volt battery or 18 175 watt panels if it is a 48 volt battery system.

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(PS I just found this forum)

>LAST EDITED ON May-30-04 AT 08:38�AM (EST)Knowing
>that the Sharp 175W-R5EIU has;  
>Isc of 5.55  Ipm of
>4.95  also that the Outback
>MX 60 has;  a maximum
>Isc input of 48  and
>a maximum Ipm output of 70,
> am I correct that the
>maximum number of Sharp 175W-R5EIU PV
>modules wired to an Outback MX
>60 charge controller is  8
>If they are wired parallel for
>24 volts,  14 wired series/parallel
>for 48 volts? If ether of
>these two configurations were charging a
>12 volt nominal battery bank, would
>this affect the maximum Ipm output
>of the MX 60?