The Renogy solar panel discharge/leakage story
Renogy made this 10 watt solar panel bought this year:
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/03/solar.html
so as was mentioned yesterday:
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/05/32-diodes.html
lets look at the leakage current involved. As with the UPG solar panel from yesterday, I waited until dark, then covered the panel and measured the battery voltage and the battery to solar panel leakage (discharge) current:
12.84 volts but ZERO current, there must be some kind of low leakage circuit inside the Renogy panel ?
I didn't bother to count the lines (diodes) on the Renogy, counting gets tedious after a while and also this panel seems to be different. But the specs are almost identical:
The problem with having the nice cables and clips is that I hate to cut them to add a diode but since there is no leakage, no cutting required, nice !
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

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