solar generator troubleshooting

Solar Generator Running Out Faster Than Before: How to Diagnose Reduced Battery Capacity

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Solar Generator Reduced Output Troubleshooting

Your solar generator is not lasting as long as it used to, and the battery is rarely the first place to look. There are four causes behind most cases of reduced runtime, and three of them have nothing to do with battery health. This guide covers each one in order of how often I see … Read more

Solar Generator Not Charging From Solar: The 7-Step Checklist to Find the Problem

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Solar Generator Not Charging From Solar

If your solar panel is plugged in, the sun is out, and your solar generator still reads 0 watts of input, the cause is almost never a hardware failure. In most cases it comes down to one of a handful of predictable, owner-fixable issues. This article walks through the 7-step diagnostic checklist I use to … Read more