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electrical:solar:status [2019/07/13 20:42] frater_secessus [morning] |
electrical:solar:status [2019/09/07 19:33] frater_secessus [Is my solar working?] added qualifiers |
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A **poorly running system** is observed to deliver very little power because it isn't set up right (or is shaded, etc) and can't do any better. | A **poorly running system** is observed to deliver very little power because it isn't set up right (or is shaded, etc) and can't do any better. | ||
- | Also counterintuitively, | + | Also counterintuitively, |
- | This page is to help solar beginners tell what their system is doing without special equipment. | + | This page is to help solar beginners tell what their system is doing without special equipment. |
===== numbers rather than icons or lights ===== | ===== numbers rather than icons or lights ===== | ||
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* increase your Vfloat and Vabs setpoints. | * increase your Vfloat and Vabs setpoints. | ||
* run your loads through a [[electrical: | * run your loads through a [[electrical: | ||
- | * [[electrical: | + | * [[electrical: |
* consider reducing your nighttime loads; | * consider reducing your nighttime loads; | ||
* [And stop running things off an inverter! -- secessus] | * [And stop running things off an inverter! -- secessus] | ||
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Note: You can tell your batteries are in Absorption because the bank will be at Vabs, the controller' | Note: You can tell your batteries are in Absorption because the bank will be at Vabs, the controller' | ||
+ | If not, [[electrical: | ||
==== evening ==== | ==== evening ==== | ||
- | **Are you hitting sundown with //at least// 12.7v in your bank? | + | **Are you hitting sundown with //at least// |
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+ | If not, either we are not harvesting enough power or we are using too much. Stop running heavier loads when the controller can no longer hold Vfloat. | ||