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daveem Dave M
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi all,
I was just measuring the current flow between the solar panel and my
batteries at night, to see what kind of loss I was dealing with, because
I don't use a charge controller, and I was surprised to see it was only
about 10 milliamps, When I considered placing a blocking diode in the
system to pervent this small loss, it appeared that the .3 to .6 volt
drop, depending on the diode used, would create more of a loss than any
night time discharge current, and I wondered if I am missing something
here?
Thanks in advance.
Dave
I was just measuring the current flow between the solar panel and my
batteries at night, to see what kind of loss I was dealing with, because
I don't use a charge controller, and I was surprised to see it was only
about 10 milliamps, When I considered placing a blocking diode in the
system to pervent this small loss, it appeared that the .3 to .6 volt
drop, depending on the diode used, would create more of a loss than any
night time discharge current, and I wondered if I am missing something
here?
Thanks in advance.
Dave