Testing the ??MPPT ?? CMTP02 Controller UPDATE
UPDATE--more test results in the "oh no" thread--a new meaning for MPPT? Reported initial results today at the end of the "Oh No MPPT" thread
Forum Discussion
Hey BFL13, "Watts Up?"
Watts POTENTIAL on the incoming versus Watts DELIVERED on the outgoing is the polygraph for maximum potential delivery capability. Another way of looking at it is if the panel has a lot of lead in its pencil and no one to write to despite the need of the battery bank to be charged, then you have a shovel leaner of a controller. This is of course assuming a person knows what they are doing in the wire and connection department, and you do...
Short the panel and read the ultimate potential I available. This will give you are pretty good idea if the panel itself is not shirking. The OCV will verify potential.
Comparisons between potential and actual delivery are the key to determining efficiency. Do a volt drop test throughout the system, from panel to battery. Then multiply by amperage at that point in the circuit.
Watts POTENTIAL on the incoming versus Watts DELIVERED on the outgoing is the polygraph for maximum potential delivery capability. Another way of looking at it is if the panel has a lot of lead in its pencil and no one to write to despite the need of the battery bank to be charged, then you have a shovel leaner of a controller. This is of course assuming a person knows what they are doing in the wire and connection department, and you do...
Short the panel and read the ultimate potential I available. This will give you are pretty good idea if the panel itself is not shirking. The OCV will verify potential.
Comparisons between potential and actual delivery are the key to determining efficiency. Do a volt drop test throughout the system, from panel to battery. Then multiply by amperage at that point in the circuit.
