Can this be set to disconnect the load at a certain voltage to measure battery capacity without overdischarge?
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This is just a load tester it tels you the volts and percentage of the battery. If you are looking for a cut off try a small arduino and prorgam it to shut off.
2110039
You don't test continuity on an energized circuit. You can test the voltage on any part of the circuit with this meter. Be safe.
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Yes, you can. Just remember, the more items you leave on the input side means that the more you are defeating the purpose of the battery minder. It's point is to cut off idle power drain to save the battery. Items on the input side will not be subject to that cut off. Robert
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As far as I know, no. To test the charge, it is executed a discharge/charge cicle. It would be possible to test the volts of the battery, wich is reliable mesasure for non-rechargeable batteries, but I presume it would be dangerous.
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I've not tried that directly, but I suspect the controller is not smart enough to remember it's settings without power, ie, you unplug, it resets to off.
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You do not need to disconnect the battery when the battery is full. The system will go to float mode to protect the battery from overcharging.
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Yes. The "load" outputs on this controller can be programmed to come on at different times of the day for different lenghts of time. As for not putting out power when there is not enough sun, it does that automatically by monitoring the incoming voltage from both the battery and the solar panel. If it is too low the "load" outputs will disconnect automatically and only reconnect automatically when there is sufficient voltage coming in again.
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I didn't see the battery load test described with this meter, nor do I see you that function on the meter. Would like to have that as I understand that gives you a realistic reading how a battery performs under load, not just a voltage output.
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A Multimeter would work just fine to check the voltage left in a suspect battery.
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Yes, it draws 15 MA when connected. It is not necessary to disconnect unless you have a small battery.Best Regards,EH
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Likely. Insertion of an amp meter between the HQRP output and battery a good idea to check whether within the 10 A max output of the HQRP. Voltmeter across battery helps to determine state of charge. Free Harbor Freight digital meters work fine in our applications. Search for 'hqrp user's manual' for links with videos of test configurations .
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The short answer is, "Yes." You could connect the output of the solar panel to a 12 volt battery bank. The battery bank will recharge. HOWEVER, if you don't either monitor or regulate this, you will damage the battery bank from overcharging it. Specifically, if you could manually check on the voltage very couple hours, you could disconnect the solar panel when the voltage reaches full charge. or you could get a charge controller that is wired in between the solar panel and the battery bank. This inexpensive device will both optimize the charging current to the battery and will stop the charging when the battery is full.
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It's generaly a good practice to disconnect the battery before any electrical work (unless required for testing)
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Kind of. The voltage regulator is actually part if the battery. It shuts off at full charge and also shuts off to prevent over discharge.
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This can do both but you want to turn everything off on that circuit and check it then turn everything on to see if it's being overloaded
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it can measure mA to see if you have a car battery drain.. I believe it can read mV as it goes several decimal places when evaluation AA and AAA batteries
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Sorry I don't know..I use it in an airplane to monitor battery condition with a voltmeter