Bad day for solar!

Today was a bad day to test a relay that opens based on solar power. Worse sun angle of the year, shortest daylight of the year, and it’s a cloudy day. But it’s all hooked up and ready to go.

Photo: Battery 2
Photo: Fan
Photo: Low Voltage Disconnect Relay - Solar Controller
Photo: This mess is the brains of the operation
Photo: Feed Lines - Battery, Ground, Power To Cab
Photo: Sun went under sun but still floating the battery
Photo: Voltage low, disconnect relay
Photo: While not an ideal way to run power from the rooftop panel, this is tight, not bouncing, protected by heavy plastic conduit
Photo: 100 Watt Panel
Photo: Isolator Relay

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