Solar Testbed Update

Still using two small incandescent shop lights to play around with the Solar / Battery testbed. Two small data points. The first is the nice curve of power output across the day from the Victron software. The panels aren’t at a good angle and are shaded by the house in the late afternoon, hence the sharp drop off. The second is the high output of over 150W. This is with no load, just charging batteries and not even in bright sun. Also at an angle. I was starting to expect a max of 120W or so even though the panels are rated at a combined 200W. Perhaps in bright direct overhead sun it will get close to 200W.

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