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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So just to verify the numbers in a new test I'm doing...
It's 11am and full sun. The portable solar panel is facing the sun and the controller reads 14.4V and 2.6A. That's 37.44W that the solar is providing.
I plugged my cell phone charger into a small car inverter that's plilugged into the 12V outlet in the camper. The cell phone charger's output reads 5V at 1.2A = 6W. So, this is much less than the 37W provided and the solar is able to charge my phone AND have 31W left over to charge the house battery. Correct?
My wife wants to charge her iPad Mini next. Her iPad charger's output reads 5V and 600mA. Is that only 3W it will use?
It's 11am and full sun. The portable solar panel is facing the sun and the controller reads 14.4V and 2.6A. That's 37.44W that the solar is providing.
I plugged my cell phone charger into a small car inverter that's plilugged into the 12V outlet in the camper. The cell phone charger's output reads 5V at 1.2A = 6W. So, this is much less than the 37W provided and the solar is able to charge my phone AND have 31W left over to charge the house battery. Correct?
My wife wants to charge her iPad Mini next. Her iPad charger's output reads 5V and 600mA. Is that only 3W it will use?
