Flexible Solar Panel - Will This Wire Cause Problems
FedEx just delivered my 100W flexible solar panel. I noticed this wire sticking out. Do you solar gurus think it will cause issues/problems down the line when it's out in the weather?
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mitch5252 wrote:
OP HERE - I see now that it is NOT a true MPPT controller! See what happens when you haven't a clue what you're doing!
Anyway, the controller arrived today and I hooked it up to the new flex panel. It's hooked up to a spare Group 24 battery. Here's a pic of the read-out. Does everything look good, or does someone see a problem area that my untrained eye does not see? :)
It would help to see what it reads with a low battery or with that battery with a load on it.
I think what it is saying, is that the battery is full, so there are no amps flowing (PV amps) and that it is in Float at 13.8v. If the battery were low, it might say some PV amps, and the voltage would slowly rise during the day from maybe 13.1v to 14.4 (or whatever Absorption stage voltage is) before dropping to 13.8v Float
OR you don't have the array hooked up (no amps) but the battery is hooked up and happens to be at 13.8v :)
There should be an owner's manual that came with it explaining all that (its "charging profile"), or else that info is on line with that link posted earlier.
The figures on the right look like the settings now for turning on and off a load connected to its load terminals. Might be adjustable settings. Anyway you can ignore those if all you do is hook to the battery and the panel.
If that PV amps is really the solar amps then you have a bonus many controllers do not have, which is that ammeter. Very helpful seeing just what your solar is doing at any moment.
