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BFL13
Aug 16, 2013Explorer II
The Paramode 4455, a follow up to the 7355 in the product line, has these voltage curves which show the sag under load.
https://bestconverter.3dcartstores.com/assets/images/Parallax/4400/4455%20Voltage%20Curves.pdf
The 7355 literature tried to say there was a flat top over the range and no sag, but we do see the sag, same as they show for the Paramode.
http://www.parallaxpower.com/7300/7300pwrcntr.pdf
The little graph shows the no load flat top while charging a battery (not what I have seen!) but below in the table, they give "no load" and "full load" voltages where the full load is lower (The Sag in other words)
I owned a Paramode for a while and can confirm it sagged exactly as shown in the curves and similar to my 7355.
I question whether there is enough resistance from inside the unit, then along the 7355's fairly short #10 wires to the DC panel to create that amount of sag we see at the panel. I have not measured that, so Salvo's case has not been disproved and there is no reason to question his own measurements.
https://bestconverter.3dcartstores.com/assets/images/Parallax/4400/4455%20Voltage%20Curves.pdf
The 7355 literature tried to say there was a flat top over the range and no sag, but we do see the sag, same as they show for the Paramode.
http://www.parallaxpower.com/7300/7300pwrcntr.pdf
The little graph shows the no load flat top while charging a battery (not what I have seen!) but below in the table, they give "no load" and "full load" voltages where the full load is lower (The Sag in other words)
I owned a Paramode for a while and can confirm it sagged exactly as shown in the curves and similar to my 7355.
I question whether there is enough resistance from inside the unit, then along the 7355's fairly short #10 wires to the DC panel to create that amount of sag we see at the panel. I have not measured that, so Salvo's case has not been disproved and there is no reason to question his own measurements.
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