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So I bought a spare headlight like you mentioned and can now test my panel wires. Do I touch the headlight’s prongs with the two live solar wires? It’s got three prongs on the plug. Or is there another way? Thanks. Oh, In the meantime, I’m having an auto parts store check to see if my two...

I’ve got no 12v light to test the panel feed. I do know that my Morningstar controller is not getting anything either. I suspect both controllers are working. Or, like you say, maybe there’s something from the panel and or wires that’s just not putting out correctly. The shattered panel and or...

Ok. Got it. My 12v batteries are at 11.9. 100w panel is putting out 17v and 4a. But the controller is not allowing any charge of the batteries. Any idea why? Thanks.

In one hand I hold the tips of my 100w solar panel wires. I multimeter them and get the normal 18v and 4a. In my other hand I hold an empty 500w controller. I connect the live solar wires to controller. I multimeter the controller and get barely a volt and no amps. Does this mean a bad...

If that’s the case I would probably go with a new, single 200w panel. I would rather not add weight on the top. I should add that I use solar only for my iPhone and iPad. I also use the inside and sometimes outside lights at night. (You can see the DIY split-off in the pic I sent) Used to be my...

Hadn’t thought about adding panel. I have thought about removing damaged panel and replacing, especially since I susepect there’s a small roof leak under panel. So your saying a new panel would do better than 18w, 4a? Yeah I’ve used the windex, but no longer matters. Thx.

I bump around the desert full time in my truck camper. Every few months the 17-18 watts and 4 amps from panel stops dead at controller, so I do soft and hard resets and connection checks down to batteries and it fixes it. But the shutdowns were getting more frequent and now nothing works no...