More Solar for "Us"
Ok, I went off.the deep end? Bought 3 used 37watt uni-solar panels and a blue sky 2000e controller for the hefty price of $400, They were being listed as 75w panels, they are not The tested open...
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numbers posted today are from.today
4amps at 9am ,was not today, I did not take any readings that early today
The weather was partly cloudy, so readings went up and down, did hold around 8amps for several hours until the tree shade covered the panels
The Peak output from the controller was recorded as 12.07 amps & 164.9 Watts
I'm sure it didn't hold that peak very long and might of happened at peak solar.arc while the fridge was using the inverter, representing maximum chargeing potential (loaded batteries)
Me Being further south the sun climbs up & down , it doesn't hang high or low but transverse a variable arc, given clear sky The output climbs until around 1:30 then starts dropping until shade or dusk over takes the panels
From this time of the year until mid-summer next year, there is No six hours of constant output at one level,
At 9:am if I had bothered to check during the overcast I might have got 1amp or so, I didn't bother to check , because the generator was running and we had heavy overcast "calif marine layer"
I reset the power meter (dark now) and will see what tomorrows new readings are
Maybe I'll try and take a video of the Turnigy power analyzer, there is already a nice thread on this forum about these meters, bought mine last spring
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23660840.cfm
4amps at 9am ,was not today, I did not take any readings that early today
The weather was partly cloudy, so readings went up and down, did hold around 8amps for several hours until the tree shade covered the panels
The Peak output from the controller was recorded as 12.07 amps & 164.9 Watts
I'm sure it didn't hold that peak very long and might of happened at peak solar.arc while the fridge was using the inverter, representing maximum chargeing potential (loaded batteries)
Me Being further south the sun climbs up & down , it doesn't hang high or low but transverse a variable arc, given clear sky The output climbs until around 1:30 then starts dropping until shade or dusk over takes the panels
From this time of the year until mid-summer next year, there is No six hours of constant output at one level,
At 9:am if I had bothered to check during the overcast I might have got 1amp or so, I didn't bother to check , because the generator was running and we had heavy overcast "calif marine layer"
I reset the power meter (dark now) and will see what tomorrows new readings are
Maybe I'll try and take a video of the Turnigy power analyzer, there is already a nice thread on this forum about these meters, bought mine last spring
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23660840.cfm
