rjsurfer wrote:
Just curious if I can use one of those heat gun devices to detect inadequately sized battery cables and connection points in my solar system?
I'm only getting 15 minutes of run time on my 1200watt microwave on high before the low voltage sensor kicks in.
Running 4 GC batteries (440 amps), 2000 watt full sine wave inverter with 700watts solar.
My thought is to run the microwave on high and check each battery cable in the system to see which ones might be undersized by the amount of heat they give off.
Is this a valid test?
Ron W.
Yes it is. I like to call this type of diagnostics Sesame Street. "One of thiese things is not like the others one of thiese things is just not the same". I suggest that you go to Trojan batteries web site and find there "white paper" On high amp draw thermo imaging test showing why it is so important to crimp "and" solder battery cable connections.
Trojan white papers
