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rjsurfer
Explorer
Nov 22, 2015

Will laser heat sensor find inadequate battery cables?

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 ...
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MrWizard
Moderator
Nov 22, 2015
15 minutes, are you baking a turkey ?

6-7 minutes to bake a potato

1200 cooking watts or total watts

total watts = 100amp load
1200 cooking watts equal approx 1700 input watts
easily 140 amps or more
thats an awful lot to carry for 15 minutes
i think your connections are solid or you would not get 15 minutes

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