alarm for panel theft?

 I'm going to have four panels on the ground, in series.
If any panel is disconnected, the voltage will drop to zero.

This would make it seem easy to provide a disconnect alarm.

However, I don't know how charge controllers and panels interact when a
panel(s) is shaded.
If the voltage drops to zero as a result of charge controller draw and
shading, a false alarm would occur.

Comments?

 

is that a question or a comment of fact?

 

It's self explantory.

 Robert Morein wrote:

You would likely do better using a more traditional alarm system.
At night PV panels don't usually produce any voltage at all.

Anthony

 

 I understand.
The panels will be taken indoors at night.