I am back to the original title of my thread - along with getting bad panels or blowing the panels, still some odd things happening.
My battery separator gets hot, I mean hot, I can feel heat through the wood battery compartment cover. is this normal? This can happen even when my truck sits in the driveway all day with my solar panels running. How can I check that the separator is working correctly?
The other odd thing (to me) that I have observed several times - I will discharge over night to 70 - 74% battery with frig on high (its been blazing hot in So Cal). By noon I will be around 84% and see 14 amps at the roof plug and 4 - 5 amps at the Trimetric. At 4:30 pm I will be at only 86%, so only 2%+ all afternoon, and still see 10+ amps (lower sun angle) at the roof plug but only .8 amps at the Trimetric. Is this drop off normal at this range of battery capacity? Is there a way to check the solar controller?
Could the Trimetric itself be any source of issue? Given all measurements it displays seem to be in normal ranges it seems to be working ok so I assume it is installed correctly too.
With the amps I'm measuring at the roof plug it seems everything is stable on the roof now with the rigid panels. So something is happening from the plug into the camper - separator - controller - batteries.
Thoughts?
Edited by DonC, 06 September 2015 - 03:45 AM.