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solar panels proper volts but not watts?

Matt3

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I have 4 pv arrays 8s 7s going into 2 going into each of my eg4 6500EX inverter.i have 30 panels that are 37v 230w. master inverter reads (8 243 v 56w (7s) 230v 77w. 2nd inverter reads (8s) 200v 36w (7s) 220v 45w. numbers stay close in voltage but watts seem to change sometimes up to 350 then back down to 70etc. I have no trees and I'm in south west Louisiana. my panels face 25 east side on a 1/12 pitch metal roof and 5 Westside 1/12 pitch metal roof. inverter #2 has the 5 on the west. doesn't seem right
 
I have 4 pv arrays 8s 7s going into 2 going into each of my eg4 6500EX inverter.i have 30 panels that are 37v 230w. master inverter reads (8 243 v 56w (7s) 230v 77w. 2nd inverter reads (8s) 200v 36w (7s) 220v 45w. numbers stay close in voltage but watts seem to change sometimes up to 350 then back down to 70etc. I have no trees and I'm in south west Louisiana. my panels face 25 east side on a 1/12 pitch metal roof and 5 Westside 1/12 pitch metal roof. inverter #2 has the 5 on the west. doesn't seem right
I also have 3 48 v 100ah lifepower4 batteries. I have inverters set parallel split phase and using closed loop communication from batteries to inverter.
 
I also have 3 48 v 100ah lifepower4 batteries. I have inverters set parallel split phase and using closed loop communication from batteries to inverter.
I also am doing this test at 5:50 pm but it is still sunny out
 
Amperage and therefore wattage must be drawn from the panels. If the batteries are full and loads are minimal. Nothing is drawn from the panels.
Turn on some loads and see if you draw more from the panels. If yes, then everything is working as expected.
 
Amperage and therefore wattage must be drawn from the panels. If the batteries are full and loads are minimal. Nothing is drawn from the panels.
Turn on some loads and see if you draw more from the panels. If yes, then everything is working as expected.
that's what I thought. batteries are full and load is just the inverters idling.
 
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