Originally Posted by
Don 130
I need the thing to be properly controlled it's fitted to a horse float that's only used occasionally, and is stored on a farm. Obviously the breakaway system needs to work when the float is on the road. I had the new panel hooked up to the battery and it was charging ok. Wired it up here at Arcadia. The float was sent away, then some weeks later the battery started going down, (I also fitted a bluetooth battery monitor) so I'm pretty sure the original controller is shot, hence the inquiry.
Don.
When you hook it up to the battery the input voltage will drop down to 17-18 volts
Output should be 13-15 volts depending on what state of charge the battery is at
Check it around lunchtime after being hooked up the day before and you should see 13.5 volts (give or take 0.2 volts)
A calibrated meter is always best but as long as you see higher voltage in the beginning and it stabilise down to a lower voltage you should be good
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