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Core Conclusion: It does generate inductance, but the inductance value is extremely small and negligible in the conventional wiring of photovoltaic (PV) energy storage systems.

1. Popular Understanding: What is Inductance?

Inductance can be likened to the “inertial resistance” of electric current. When current flows through a wire, it creates a magnetic field. When the current changes (such as during startup, shutdown, or voltage transformation), the magnetic field in turn resists the change in current. This “resistance effect” is the essence of inductance. The wire itself is a natural “tiny inductive component,” differing only in the magnitude of its inductance.

A simple analogy: Current is like water flow, the wire is like a water pipe, and inductance is like a “buffer” inside the pipe. When the water flow is steady, the buffer has almost no effect; it only comes into play when the water flow suddenly speeds up or slows down.

1. Why Does a “Single Loop” Generate Inductance?

The magnitude of inductance is directly related to the wire’s shape, number of turns, and surrounding environment:

1. A straight wire itself has “distributed inductance” (for example, a 1-meter-long copper wire has an inductance of approximately 0.5–1 microhenry, where 1 microhenry = 10⁻⁶ henry);
2. When the wire is looped once, it is equivalent to forming a “single-turn coil.” The magnetic field concentrates inside the coil, making the inductance slightly higher than that of a straight wire, but it is still very small (a copper wire with a single loop of 10 cm in diameter has an inductance of approximately 1–5 microhenries).

In simple terms: Looping the wire concentrates the magnetic field, making the inductance slightly higher than that of a straight wire. However, the inductance is essentially still an extremely small “microhenry-level” value—just like bending a water pipe into a loop, the buffer’s effect is only slightly stronger than that of a straight pipe, which is barely noticeable.

Ⅲ. Practical Impact in PV Energy Storage Scenarios

In your PV energy storage system (wiring for solar panels, インバータ, and lithium batteries), the inductance of such a “single wire loop” can be completely ignored for the following reasons:

1. Low system operating frequency: The mainstream operating frequency of PV energy storage systems is 50/60 Hz (power frequency) or kHz-level inside the inverter (usually not exceeding 20 kHz). Tiny inductance only plays a significant role in high-frequency scenarios (such as MHz-level);
2. Comparison with professional components: The components that actually function in the system are “dedicated inductive components” (such as the filter inductor and transformer of the inverter). The inductance of these components is usually at the “millihenry level” (1 millihenry = 1000 microhenries) or “henry level,” which is thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of a single wire loop;
3. Impact of wiring specifications: The wiring of PV energy storage systems requires “short, straight, and thick” wires to avoid unnecessary winding. However, even if 1–2 loops are accidentally formed, it will not affect the system’s voltage stability, energy conversion efficiency, or cause equipment failure.

A practical example: If the connecting wire from the lithium battery to the inverter is looped once (with a diameter of 20 cm), its inductance is approximately 3 microhenries. In a 220V, 50Hz circuit, の “impedance” generated by this inductance is smaller than the resistance of the wire itself, and its impact on the current is almost undetectable.

1. Special Cases to Note

The inductance of a loop will only have a noticeable impact if the following conditions are met (which are almost never encountered in PV energy storage scenarios):

1. The wire is wound into a tight multi-turn coil (e.g., more than 100 turns) with an iron core in the middle (forming a simple inductor);
2. The circuit operates in a high-frequency scenario (such as MHz-level, which does not occur in PV energy storage systems);
3. The wire is extremely thin and extremely long (e.g., looped wires over 100 meters long, while the wiring of energy storage systems is usually no longer than 10 meters).
4. まとめ

“A single loop of wire does generate inductance, but the inductance value is extremely small—thousands of times weaker than that of the dedicated inductive components in our system. In the wiring of PV energy storage systems, even if 1–2 loops are accidentally formed, it will not affect the normal operation, power generation efficiency, or safety performance of the equipment. There is no need to worry about it at all. We only need to ensure that the main wires are as short and straight as possible, and avoid large-area multi-turn winding.”