Assuming your battery bank is low and needs charging, the charge controller is in MPPT/maximum current mode, you are measuring current in the middle of day, etc...
How are your panels wired? In series or in parallel?
What is the Vmp/Imp of the panels? What is the voltage measured at the Vpanel input the the charge controller?
-Bill
Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
What stage is your charge controller in? Bulk, Absorb, Float?
What panels do you have?
How are you measuring the wattage produced?
Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites, Midnite E-panel, Magnum MS4024, Prosine 1800(now backup) and Exeltech 1100(former backup...lol), 660 ah 24v Forklift battery(now 10 years old). Off grid for 20 years (if I include 8 months on a bicycle). - Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
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Assuming your battery bank is low and needs charging, the charge controller is in MPPT/maximum current mode, you are measuring current in the middle of day, etc...
How are your panels wired? In series or in parallel?
What is the Vmp/Imp of the panels? What is the voltage measured at the Vpanel input the the charge controller?
-Bill
Also is this total for both panels?
What stage is your charge controller in? Bulk, Absorb, Float?
What panels do you have?
How are you measuring the wattage produced?
- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
Have you retightened all connections as well
KID #51B 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
Hi thank you for getting back to me we have snow at the min so i cant get on the roof to get the spec soon has the snows gone i will get back to u all
thanks mark
In the mean time you can re-torque all interior connections from the disconnect to the cc and batteries:cool:
KID #51B 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
West Chilcotin, BC, Canada