New controller? Looks like it was added today.
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The lowest my amps can go with no solar is minus 0.3a and then when the fridge burner cuts in it goes to minus 0.8a
With solar on, in order to get the Trimetric to show zero amps and turn positive, showing the "charging light," the solar has to be doing almost an amp if the fridge burner is on.
If I see plus 3 amps on the Tri, and I can hear the fridge burner, then I know solar is doing about 3.8 amps if nothing else is on like a light or a fan.
It is all pretty much of a WAG how full the batteries get on any given day. I mostly use the Tri AH counter and my daily notion of what AH full capacity is adjusted for temperature. In the morning before the solar adds any real voltage or AH, I look at the "morning voltage" (it helps to be up at 5am when sunrise is early) and compare that with the AH count.
I can keep a fairly good track of how things are going, but I would not claim to know exact anything. Don't need to know exact anything either. If the morning voltage keeps getting lower day by day because it has been cloudy lately, then at some point I will haul out my PowerMax 100 amper and get caught up. No big deal.
I sure don't need to hook up my laptop to the solar controller and do a bunch of geeky stuff! :)
With solar on, in order to get the Trimetric to show zero amps and turn positive, showing the "charging light," the solar has to be doing almost an amp if the fridge burner is on.
If I see plus 3 amps on the Tri, and I can hear the fridge burner, then I know solar is doing about 3.8 amps if nothing else is on like a light or a fan.
It is all pretty much of a WAG how full the batteries get on any given day. I mostly use the Tri AH counter and my daily notion of what AH full capacity is adjusted for temperature. In the morning before the solar adds any real voltage or AH, I look at the "morning voltage" (it helps to be up at 5am when sunrise is early) and compare that with the AH count.
I can keep a fairly good track of how things are going, but I would not claim to know exact anything. Don't need to know exact anything either. If the morning voltage keeps getting lower day by day because it has been cloudy lately, then at some point I will haul out my PowerMax 100 amper and get caught up. No big deal.
I sure don't need to hook up my laptop to the solar controller and do a bunch of geeky stuff! :)
