low amps

I got a new fuse for a Fluke meter and installed it to check amps on a new but slightly damaged panel installed on the side of the house.
34 volts..not a great location and shaded so that was expected. But the amps showed .062. I thought maybe this was just how Fluke shows
DC amps and it meant 6.2 which was what I expected. Not full exposure and slightly damaged. Then I put out a new undamaged panel
,the same kind, and it showed 4 amps..somewhat shaded...so my meter wasnt off like I thought. Even though it had spider cracks and one bigger bullseye damage it showed 34 volts .... how can this be???
Comments
For testing, you'd want the panel in full sun, about perpendicular to the sun, and with a load (like batteries in bulk) or short current through the meter.
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Early in the morning, cool but with little light, my panels are near Voc, but produce next to no current.
Main daytime system ~4kw panels into 2xMNClassic150 370ah 48v bank 2xOutback 3548 inverter 120v + 240v autotransformer
Night system ~1kw panels into 1xMNClassic150 700ah 12v bank morningstar 300w inverter
A water analogy.
You have a water valve and a hose+sprinkler... Full open valve and sprinkler, you have 40 PSI at the valve output, and near 40 PSI at the sprinkler input.
Now, close the water valve to a just a dribble. If you put a pressure gauge on the valve (no water flow), you read 40 PSI. When you connect the hose and sprinkler, you read zero PSI, and get just a dribble of water.
Your broken panel is just letting a "dribble" of electrons through the wiring. The DMM is like a pressure gauge with no water flow, and the water flow (current) is like collecting the water from the sprinkler/hose end in a bucket to see how fast the buck fills (gallons per minute, Amps, etc.).
-Bill
Main daytime system ~4kw panels into 2xMNClassic150 370ah 48v bank 2xOutback 3548 inverter 120v + 240v autotransformer
Night system ~1kw panels into 1xMNClassic150 700ah 12v bank morningstar 300w inverter