Panels don't run things
What is your response to people who ask you "what will your solar panels run?" (run, as in power, operate)
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The charge controller like the converter, does 12v loads first and anything left over goes to the battery if the battery wants any.
If the solar can't run the loads all by itself then the battery has to make up the difference.
So yes, the solar can and does run things.
That is why you need a battery monitor to show only what the battery gets and not go by what the controller's display is saying-- some or all of that is going to loads other than the battery.
The real question, as asked on here before (true!) is what happens to all that solar output when there are no other loads and the battery is full? :)
If the solar can't run the loads all by itself then the battery has to make up the difference.
So yes, the solar can and does run things.
That is why you need a battery monitor to show only what the battery gets and not go by what the controller's display is saying-- some or all of that is going to loads other than the battery.
The real question, as asked on here before (true!) is what happens to all that solar output when there are no other loads and the battery is full? :)
