Copyright 2008 Michael Mc Grath POB 129 Hewitt,NJ 07421.

SOLAR POWER IN ACTION! The cart was moved from the garage door, which is my early morning facing east position to a spot about 12 feet away facing south for noon time insolation. Notice how i tidied up the cables from the panels with the split cable jacketting. As first light was December 2007, the sun at noon was low, about 20 degrees above the horizon. My Radio Crap (custom manufactured in china) pocket digital multimeter sed the system was outputting 13.5 volts to the battery. It is charging. although it looks very sunny, there was some high cirrus and ocassional cumulus clouds filtering insolation. However on particularly clear days, where the blue hurt your eyes, the system was outputting 14.32 volts. On those days max temp at noon was 20 degrees F. The pv panel still got quite warm. I put my knuckles up to the back of the panel and they dedected heat. Experts sy under such conditions the panels are most efficient. Heat of the summer will acually reduce output. The little white box on the disconnect switch upright is the regulator.