Even the continuous draw of 80mA by the Emeter will drain my truck's small 12v battery, so i have rewired it to the contactor coil power, meaning that the Emeter is only powered when either driving or charging, not when parked. No more dead batteries. Cor
> On Jul 23, 2017, at 7:49 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Mike Scott via EV <[email protected]> >> A small solar panel could supply that 300 mA easily with hardly any work at >> all... > > 300ma 24/7 is going to require a fairly large panel. I have a 12" x 9" PV > panel that delivers 250ma *peak* (direct sun) on my Prius to keep the 12v > battery charged. With night, cloudy days, and the non-optimum angle of the > sun, it delivers less than 20ma average. So my guess is that you'd need > several square feet of PV panels to get 300ma average. > > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
