i have (2 ) 5watt solar panels on my h28.5- each to one of the 12v 2 batteries.
I usually disconnect both before I engage the promariner dual battery charger, but this last time I overlooked that precaution.
The 5W under the vberth hatch seems fine and the little blue light indicator on the male cigarette lighter housing shines blue as usual. The other 5W mounted on the companionway may have taken a hit as the blue light is out. I put a volt meter on the 2wires after removing the cigarette housing and found that it shows 17.xx v for a fraction of a second, then goes to nothing.
I'm of the understanding there IS a diode in the panel. Is it possible that by engaging the battery charger I "back-winded" the diode and blew it out? This faulty panel was more directly facing the sun when I engaged the charger so maybe that's why it seems dead vs the sister panel putting out less voltage (cause it was not so directly facing the sun) survived?!
Any guidance as to how to diagnose the situation or why the meter jumps to 17.xx volts then flashes to 0!?
Thanks
I usually disconnect both before I engage the promariner dual battery charger, but this last time I overlooked that precaution.
The 5W under the vberth hatch seems fine and the little blue light indicator on the male cigarette lighter housing shines blue as usual. The other 5W mounted on the companionway may have taken a hit as the blue light is out. I put a volt meter on the 2wires after removing the cigarette housing and found that it shows 17.xx v for a fraction of a second, then goes to nothing.
I'm of the understanding there IS a diode in the panel. Is it possible that by engaging the battery charger I "back-winded" the diode and blew it out? This faulty panel was more directly facing the sun when I engaged the charger so maybe that's why it seems dead vs the sister panel putting out less voltage (cause it was not so directly facing the sun) survived?!
Any guidance as to how to diagnose the situation or why the meter jumps to 17.xx volts then flashes to 0!?
Thanks
