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Correct watts coming from PV in full sun

nschizzano

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Hello I just noticed my Panels only pull in 2 to 103 watts and there is 200 watts worth of panels. I forget how they are wired it was 5 years ago i wired it. But it's for a 12v battery so I think in parallel. I recall seeing on the mppt they were pulling in 180ish watts sometimes but this was years ago. Today I noticed when the battery's are not being pulled on from stuff plugged into the inverter, the mppt reads only 2 or 7 watts from the pv then plunging all electronics in as possible it only went to 103 watts. I just want to make sure my panels are working 100 percent and everything is good and clear in my head. Cables are 8g I think and it's about 50ft. There some dark x spots on the one renogy panel but I tested the back with a multimeter and it showed 19v, what it should be. Any comments or thoughts or words are welcome. Thanks. I'm just trying to wrap my head around all of this fully.
 
Solar panels only make the wattage available. Your system will only draw what it needs at the time.
Everything appears to be working properly. As it drew more as more was needed, when you added loads.
 
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