solar panel drained my batteries?
I installed my solar kit bought from lance.plugged the panel in on reefer vent and the 2 wires black and rd turn to blue and white which I hooked up as directed thr blue wire is looped and white is th...
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Typically the solar panels put out the higher DC current in a six hour high sun time... The rest of the time is low DC current and of course after the high sun goes down you will get zero DC current from them...
Roy, I've mentioned to you at least three times that typical polycrystalline solar modules don't just charge for 6 hrs a day. Yes, you may get the highest output during that time but it's not like a switch turns them off. It may be that if you have an array that outputs 20 amps at 1 PM, that at 4 PM it is still giving you 19 amps. In Summer a typical insolation duration is 16 hrs. You are disregarding the 10 hrs of solar harvest that can be significant. Some of us find that solar can recharge a battery bank by noon.
Also, there is no difference between East coast and West coast solar production if the modules are situated at the same latitude.
As a dedicated off-gridder, you really need to get a couple of panels mounted and see what they can do. I think you will be surprised.
FWIW, my poly module produces power after sunset, not much, but there is a trickle.
