Improved Solar Power Production With New Solar Panels

This video was recorded during the solar panel repair and troubleshooting. I was talking at one point about fixing the panels but later I am talking about the improved solar power output after repairing the solar panels.

I already uploaded the video about troubleshooting and repairing my solar panel array. I found the bad solar panel and removed it. If you have not seen that video yet, please go back one video and see it.

After removing the bad solar panel and installing a working solar panel I had much improved solar power output in my tiny house on wheels.

I am seeing solar power production in my tiny house long after the sun goes down below the tree line. I did not have this much power this late in the day before. The solar panels up against the tiny house are receiving late afternoon to early evening sunlight even filtered through the trees.

This is the most solar power I have seen in my tiny house to date.

Now I have to tell you that my situation is not normal. Do not be discouraged from getting solar power because of my situation. I am surrounded by trees. I have a very small clearing in the meadow where my solar panels sit.

A normal home with no obstructions should see about 12,000 watts of power on an average 10 hour day with 1200 watts of solar panels like I have. But I am only seeing about 3,000 watts of solar in a day right now due to the sun still being a bit lower in the sky. I do not get a full 10 hours of sunlight on my solar panels.

I also think my solar charge controller is not charging the forklift battery properly. The charge controller is limiting the amount of power going to the battery most of the time. I am only seeing a maximum of 400 to 500 watts of solar power from the total 1200 watts of solar panels at any given time.

I do believe that the charge controller is limiting my solar power output because when I turn on a power hungry device the output from the charge controller spikes to handle the load.

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