The terminal should test @ 12V

Set it to the 'V' setting with the straight line above the V (DC direct voltage)

Make sure the red and black leads go to Low Voltage and COM

Though polarity doesn't matter much here; the absolute value should read somewhere in the range of 12.0V +/- 0.5 or so

amidointhisright

Yup

Nice Harbour Freight centech meter 😃 I approve

Eh? That's a $2 Chinkmeter.

I know, 'cause I have one.

Or free

It works

I only use it to check for continuity and sometimes voltages, so it certainly does the trick.

How just put the two leads into the screw terminal going to the extruder

And see what the voltage reads

12.5V

Well

how viable are chinese solar cells?

Guess that wasn't the problem them ffs

@myuutsu last time i checked they were world leader on the manufacturing and marketing them ?

tho that was 1-2 years back or even more

@Tervy I wouldn't mind to fabricate my own solar panel

Series of solar panels together

far as i know the process is quite toxic ***

no no no

Combine many together

ahh

Try to go for 2A+

for china stuff.. err i think the company name was Suntech/solartech or something

For bonus make sure the psu is also outputting 12V and if not calibrate it

then there was some taiwanese company named neo solar power

But yeah time to open a case to get a replacement extruder head

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/PVeff%28rev170117%29.png

@shadowedROM ye I opened a ticket at Gb

So it needs to be in parallel

For 5V, whatever A

I'd like to be able to charge some power banks in emergency

like this, but not so much

cheaper probly to get somekind of basic kit

15-30w

and get charge controller for it to input that current

Also, when they say something like 0.86A output