Why does mine display 100% battery power when the sun shining, but as soon as it goes a cloud passes or at suns, it displays battery power at 49%?
1385395
I think they all do that. I have a separate battery monitor Trimetric. You really need a shunt on the battery negative for an accurate SOC state of charge. The MT-5 provides info about the current going in and out of the charge controller
1385396
When I call the company, I was told its an error and not to worry.I would call and see what they say. Sorry I cant help you.
1385397
lets say your battery is at 11v and a high sunlight charge from the panel pushes in 13~14v, the read on the battery will show a "soft" 12v. the shade comes in and the battery goes back to 11v. Next time you see it, be amazed to see how many amps your controller cranked up.
1385398
Without knowing exactly how you have all your components of your system hooked up, it`s impossible to answer your question.However you can wire a D.C.Meter directly across your batterys and know at all times what your battery voltage is.If you do that & your voltage drops down to 49% on your meter when the sun is hidden; you have bad batterys or for some reason, your batterys aren`t charging.
1385399
The battery power level indicator is useless. I use it only to monitor my tracer mppt charge controller volts and amps into the batteries which it does ok.
2268846
I never have mine say full 100%, even after charging 6 hours. But I still get at least 5 hours out of the batteries. My camera does show all four bars full though until about 75% drained then it goes down to 3 bars.
1226008
I am not sure that the unit let's you know when it is fully charged. It appears to blink faster when it gets more direct sunlight. Others apparently have asked the same question and it seems that there is not an indicator of a full charge. Go to Waka-Waka.com and check it out.
530383
I have 630 watts mounted face up on my camper. I see about 35 Amps maximum. On bright overcast days I can recover my typical usage of 65AH. On dark cloudy days, I recover less. I've seen 2 amps of charging in dark cloudy and rain. So you can expect perhaps 1 AH in dark conditions. Figure 10-2 as producing the most, while prior to 10 and after 2 produce about 1 AH. So add that up, perhaps 5 AH on a dark rainy day, and 50 AH on a bright overcast day, or somewhere in between. If your batteries were deeply discharged and you used an MPPT charge Controller, you can expect as much as 150 AH on a clear sunny day. I have 630 watts mounted face up on my camper. I see about 35 Amps maximum. On bright overcast days I can recover my typical usage of 65AH. On dark cloudy days, I recover less. I've seen 2 amps of charging in dark cloudy and rain. So you can expect perhaps 1 AH in dark conditions. Figure 10-2 as producing the most, while prior to 10 and after 2 produce about 1 AH. So add that up, perhaps 5 AH on a dark rainy day, and 50 AH on a bright overcast day, or somewhere in between. If your batteries were deeply discharged and you used an MPPT charge Controller, you can expect as much as 150 AH on a... » Read More I have 630 watts mounted face up on my camper. I see about 35 Amps maximum. On bright overcast days I can recover my typical usage of 65AH. On dark cloudy days, I recover less. I've seen 2 amps of charging in dark cloudy and rain. So you can expect perhaps 1 AH in dark conditions. Figure 10-2 as producing the most, while prior to 10 and after 2 produce about 1 AH. So add that up, perhaps 5 AH on a dark rainy day, and 50 AH on a bright overcast day, or somewhere in between. If your batteries were deeply discharged and you used an MPPT charge Controller, you can expect as much as 150 AH on a clear sunny day. « Show Less
1689056
On my camera the power display works the same as when I use the original cannon battery, is shows when it's full and as it gets low towards empty. recently it seems to outlast the cannon battery.
1525683
That means no battery power unless you crank the device.if you use the solar and it runs down you crank it. Great light.minuse mine all the time.
971827
The rotation is continuous with battery installed. I have never used it with a solar power source mode. You can only display micro light items
754353
I couldn't tell you... but mine will charge even on cloudy days. I'd say yours is defective.
445829
My battery tender stays connected all the time. It only comes on when the battery needs charging. It has a red and a green light to tell you what mode it is in. Solar energy used for charging should not make a difference.
2259331
It will charge in cloudy weather, but it also depends on what load the battery is supporting at the time.
317466
The charge controler will flash "full charge" when the battery is full yet there is still sun. Fully self controlled.
1214138
Mine were all the same brightness as long as the sun had fully charged it. If the sun has been bright and it still seems dull, the rechargeable batteries may need to be replaced. I have had to replace batteries in some of my other solar powered garden decor. Sometimes it fixes the problem, sometimes it doesn't.
1226266
Mines been out since March and only sees 3 hours of direct sun light and the battery life is still at 100% . It is a small solar panel maybe 4"4". Hope this helps.
1193130
I am not sure why it does it, but mine does it occasionally also. One thing you can check is to see what Amp hour you have it set for, It seems that when mine shows that I have had the Ah set wrong and it is showing that because I have had it set to a higher Ah battery than what I actually had. The battery will only take so many amps before the resistance gets too high and charge shuts off. If you have a 100 Ah batter and have the meter set to 200 Ah, The meter will show half full when the battery is full and the charge shuts off or goes into float mode from the controller. That is where I would look first. Make sure that you have the meter set right with the battery you have and then if it still shows 60%SOC you may have a bad one. But After I changed my settings, the meter seems to be reading correctly. It has actually gone to 100% Hope that works for you!
135923
If you turn it on while it is charging, the battery icon that it has in the top right corner will cycle between three bars flashing and when all three bars are visible and no longer flashing, it is fully charged. Just so you know, when you charge it while it is off, the battery icon doesn't appear but it still does charge.
1615906
It only has one 800 solar type battery so, unless you have a full day of sun, it won't last thru the night. You need a full day of sun in order for this one to work thru the night. It has 2 battery compartments but, it's not wired for 2 batteries which of course, doesn't make sense.
1607375
It doesn't appear to. When I have used it and the sun wasn't available it just simply stopped charging.