Easy way to measure solar output (Amps)?
I tried measuring the circuit between my solar panel and the controller today, but couldn't get a reading. I was wondering, should a digital multimeter (I have a Fluke 115) be able to read small amou...
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I take the amps between the controller and battery, not from the array side of the controller.
For under 10a, you can just put your multimeter pos and neg as part of either the pos or neg controller to battery wire and read the amps. You will want alligator clips on the meter leads because you only have two hands!
Some multimeters instructions don't want you to leave it on amps more than a few seconds, so with them you can't leave it hooked up as a gauge you can keep watching. For that you can go on ebay and see a zillion cheap little ammeters you can get that work ok too.
For under 10a, you can just put your multimeter pos and neg as part of either the pos or neg controller to battery wire and read the amps. You will want alligator clips on the meter leads because you only have two hands!
Some multimeters instructions don't want you to leave it on amps more than a few seconds, so with them you can't leave it hooked up as a gauge you can keep watching. For that you can go on ebay and see a zillion cheap little ammeters you can get that work ok too.
