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2022.08.05 solar tests 2022.08.05 solar tests:


I was going to do some solar testing but all I got accomplished was getting one of the batteries discharged
a bit. I hadn't realized just how bad the voltage drop was across the #8 CCA I had been using, and the wire
got HOT to the touch. So the solar test turned into a "I need to upgrade my heavy gauge power wire" test.
I was seeing over 0.8 volts of drop ONE WAY on the power wires to the inverter. Unacceptable!

I hauled out the panels but they came back inside without ever being unpacked.



  2022.08.05 19.19.46 discharge stsart  
  2022.08.05 19.19.57 heater's on  
  2022.08.05 19.52.16 11 volts after 10 min  
  2022.08.05 19.53.31 panels want to work  
  2022.08.05 19.53.47 ready to go  
  2022.08.05 20.01.15 dropping 0.82 volts  
  2022.08.05 19.19.46 discharge stsart     2022.08.05 19.19.57 heater's on     2022.08.05 19.52.16 11 volts after 10 min     2022.08.05 19.53.31 panels want to work     2022.08.05 19.53.47 ready to go     2022.08.05 20.01.15 dropping 0.82 volts  


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