Hello everyone!
I just finished hooking up 4 100W HQST panels on my Arctic Fox 865. They are rated at 18V and 5.94 amps each. I ran my own 4 gauge wire to a Bogart Engineering charger and monitor.
It was about 3pm in the afternoon here in northern california, the panels are slanted down the cabover portion of the camper and the truck was parked away from the sun. Not even close to direct light.
Once i turned on the controller and the panels the battery monitor was registering over 37 amps :Wow1: going into the batteries. Rounding the panels up to 6 amps each, the rated power should be 24 amps. I'm having a hard time believing they are putting out 13 more amps than rated late in the afternoon in October. Is this possible?
The Bogart controller is only rated for 30 amps. The yellow light started flashing and it dropped the amps down to 31-32. It says over current isnt an issue so I'm not to worried about that. Just a little baffled how this is generating 54% than the rated power.
Also, how many amps does a fantastic fan usually pull? The meter was showing 20 amps on the highest setting. Seems high for a fan right? I'm wondering if the monitor is not reading correctly but the instructions state the zero draw on a system be close to zero and .3-.4 amps with the controller and monitor running. Mine was showing .4 with just the controller and monitor on. This tells me its monitoring correctly.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I just finished hooking up 4 100W HQST panels on my Arctic Fox 865. They are rated at 18V and 5.94 amps each. I ran my own 4 gauge wire to a Bogart Engineering charger and monitor.
It was about 3pm in the afternoon here in northern california, the panels are slanted down the cabover portion of the camper and the truck was parked away from the sun. Not even close to direct light.
Once i turned on the controller and the panels the battery monitor was registering over 37 amps :Wow1: going into the batteries. Rounding the panels up to 6 amps each, the rated power should be 24 amps. I'm having a hard time believing they are putting out 13 more amps than rated late in the afternoon in October. Is this possible?
The Bogart controller is only rated for 30 amps. The yellow light started flashing and it dropped the amps down to 31-32. It says over current isnt an issue so I'm not to worried about that. Just a little baffled how this is generating 54% than the rated power.
Also, how many amps does a fantastic fan usually pull? The meter was showing 20 amps on the highest setting. Seems high for a fan right? I'm wondering if the monitor is not reading correctly but the instructions state the zero draw on a system be close to zero and .3-.4 amps with the controller and monitor running. Mine was showing .4 with just the controller and monitor on. This tells me its monitoring correctly.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.