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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2007

Tutorial for how to use a multimeter to take volt and amp measurements of silicon solar cell and solar modules.
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  • I benefited a lot from this video!

  • This is actually very good..especially for people who know little or close to nothing about multimeters!

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  • Good job...I just wasted a lot of time reading all kinds of nonsense about trying to measure the panel and this was just the right info. Thanks

  • how about measuring amps in aclternating current?

  • I have same multimeter! =P thanks for the great video

  • @marblemacchiatto

    Test the wires as you would the solar panel or the battery. Be very careful and touch one probe to the ungrounded(usually black or red) wire and one to the grounding(bare copper) or grounded(white). If you are just testing for safety I would recommend getting a small non-contact voltage detector and using that. Remember to test it on a live circuit every time before you use it.

  • Thx Verry good great help

  • Dude show something actually useful like how to test if wires in your house (lets say behind a thermostat that you want to replace) are hot still after you've turned off what you think are the right power switches on your house's power box. Showing how to use a multimeter with a battery or solar powered panel does me no good....I learn nothing that is practical to every day household maintenance here.

  • if a solar cell is rated at 1V and 1Amp, this is the max it will read when the solar cell is facing directly at the sun. if you leave your solar cell fixed in one direction then the amp reading will be proportional to the amount of sunlight shining on the cell, which varies throughout the day.

  • so he got only 1.2 amps when supposed to get 2.1 amps. That is a huge difference. I guess you have to measure it when the sun is highest in the sky to get that reading, and it's the only time of the day that it will produce 2.1 amps. So even if solar cells are rated at lets say 4 amps, it means that 4 amps only for about 2 hours a day, 11am to 1pm, then it falls down like to 3 and 2 amps afterwards. Do I understand this right?

  • THANK YOU FINALLY A GOOD TUTORIAL NICE EXPLAINING

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