Newbie question about solar charging
Every time I think I have somewhat of an idea of what is going on, I seem to get completely puzzled again! We have 1 AGM battery in our trailer. While boondocking in full sun, our 100W solar panel...
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your charging power in watts 14.4v*2.8amps= 40.32 watts
your PC use ? 19.5v*10.8amps= 195watts this is probably max power use (not counting conversion losses) Not avg PC power use
any way, these numbers say you are using almost 5 times the power, than the solar panel is providing
laptop power use is probably about 1/2
but even 100w of use is 2.5 times the solar supply
so yes you are using mainly battery power, with solar just pinch hitting a little bit
my laptop avg about 50watts of power use
you did not say HOW long this use cycle is
minutes? hours?
your PC use ? 19.5v*10.8amps= 195watts this is probably max power use (not counting conversion losses) Not avg PC power use
any way, these numbers say you are using almost 5 times the power, than the solar panel is providing
laptop power use is probably about 1/2
but even 100w of use is 2.5 times the solar supply
so yes you are using mainly battery power, with solar just pinch hitting a little bit
my laptop avg about 50watts of power use
you did not say HOW long this use cycle is
minutes? hours?
