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--- electrical:solar:status [2019/07/13 20:49]
frater_secessus [Is my solar working?]
+++ electrical:solar:status [2019/09/07 19:39]
frater_secessus [in bulk]
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-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.  The info here is oriented to typical 12v systems with lead-acid battery banks.  Folks running other battery chemistries or nominal voltages are assumed to already know what they're doing.  :-)
 ===== numbers rather than icons or lights =====
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 **During bulk charging with MPPT**
-  * Vpanel == Vmp
+  * Vpanel == Vmp((although [[electrical:solar:output|temperature derating]] will cause Vmp to drop))
   * Vbatt climbing toward Vabs
-  * Current delivered to battery holds steady
+  * Current delivered to battery holds steady((assuming sunlight holds steady))
   * **Example:**  Panel voltage at Vmp == 17v, battery voltage 12.9v and rising, controller output steady at 4A.

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