[RE-wrenches] Low output

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Are your batteries fully charged? FLA batts?, check w/ a refractometer or set the Kid to EQ. T
Also check/cycle the combiner box breakers to off then on as they are center trip breakers and putting the cover on sometimes can trip them. Also while in the combiner box check for individual polarity and V/I. T
> On Jun 20, 2018, at 8:06 AM, glenn.burt at glbcc.com wrote:
> 
> Have you got another manufacturer's cc you could swap in temporarily?
> 
> Do you have a load on the batteries?
> 
> Sent from my 'smart' phone so please excuse spelling and typos.
> 
> ------ Original message------
> From: frenergy
> Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2018 12:51 AM
> To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>;
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> Subject:[RE-wrenches] Low output
> 
> Off-gridders,
> 
>              Small 24 volt off-grid install.....new installation, 3, 285 
> watt PVs in series, 4, L-16's in series, Midnight "Kid" CC.  Problem: I 
> cannot get more than about 200 watts (8-9 amps battery side) out of the 
> Kid display in full noon sun, clean PVs. Should be 700 watts plus and 
> about 28 amps.  Bulk/Absorb set at 29V, battery voltage at ~25 V (pulled 
> down with a heat gun).  I changed that Kid out for another new one> Same 
> issue!  I disconnected the PV wires where they land in the Kid and got 
> 9.3 amps short circuit, 105 volts oc  Called Midnight tech support but 
> we couldn't come up with a good solution.  Ideas?
> 
> Thx,
> 
> Bill
> 
> Feather River Solar Electric
> Bill Battagin, Owner
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