Cruising Sailors Forum Archive
MPPT and temperature
In Response To: Daytime temps have been 28 - 32 deg C 
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() I have seen a big jump by actually moving the battery temp sensor to the battery compt. It was too short to reach and I extended it today. The cooler temperature down near the bilge told the charger to put out more voltage, and the charge current went up.
Messages In This Thread
- Solar cell performance update for no particular reason....
- Sounds great. Don't walk on them.
- But what's the bottom line on 'in & out'
- Solar panels
- Wow, impressive getting 24A from 250W of panels!
- I guess my panels are really inefficient
- YUP! fixed position is NOT the way to go!
- The devil is in the details
- The devil's in the details.
- Sorry, couldn't resist a little ribbing about your exagerated output.
- Your panels are far exceeding their rated maximium output if they put out 22+ amps
- Sorry, couldn't resist a little ribbing about your exagerated output.
- The devil's in the details.
- The devil is in the details
- Remember that panels are rated at low temperature
- YUP! fixed position is NOT the way to go!
- Wow, impressive getting 24A from 250W of panels!
- Sounds great. Don't walk on them.
