Sunday, August 5, 2012

First solar panel test

Yesterday was a strange cloudy day for August.  For a Saturday project I thought it would be fun to roll the trailer out from under the overhang and point it at the sun as I was sanding  rust off the outside of the trailer getting it ready for a coat of primer.

According to the trailers operators manual the solar system is rated at 3 amps.  Based on this I could can safely assume that with one panel averaging 2 amps for 5 hours a day would produce a reliable 10ah of charging to the battery bank.



Looks like I am getting just under 3 amps registering on the analog display (photo is at a slight angle, not quite head on) I'm happy with that.

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