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I have been thinking of going solar for some time and decided to pull the plug. My wants are a 400 to 500 watt system. I have four 12 volt batteries with 340ah. I am not planning on changing b...
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Some multimeters have fuses for the 10 amps so you don't fry the meter. Too easy to fry a meter with that 10 amps limit.
You can see what the amps output of your array is by what it says on the solar controller, so you don't need to use the multimeter. Just remember that amps number is not the same as what the batteries are getting, because loads come first and the battery gets what is left over, if any.
Your amps figure is not a "test" to see if it doing some kind of max, since amps change all day and are less for flat mounting vs aimed panels.
You can check to see what sort of amps to expect at high noon at your location at any date in the year from some on-line tables ISTR. You might find a table of flat vs aimed to go with that, don't know.
You can see what the amps output of your array is by what it says on the solar controller, so you don't need to use the multimeter. Just remember that amps number is not the same as what the batteries are getting, because loads come first and the battery gets what is left over, if any.
Your amps figure is not a "test" to see if it doing some kind of max, since amps change all day and are less for flat mounting vs aimed panels.
You can check to see what sort of amps to expect at high noon at your location at any date in the year from some on-line tables ISTR. You might find a table of flat vs aimed to go with that, don't know.
