Is Solargizer puttin' out?

[Polverone]

During the 60-70 mph winds that powered up our recent wildfires my Solargizer was whisked off the cab of my deuce. I just have it sitting on top of the roof while parked and remove and stow in the battery compartment when driving. I just noticed it the other day during a walk around my truck.
It received some very small scratches when it hit the ground (I have 1" gravel under the truck) but that is the only thing I can see that happened to it. The picture looks like cracks but it is only surface scratches. The wiring doesn't look like it has any breaks in it but that's not to say that there are not any and just not visible to the naked eye.

Is there a unit of measurement that the Solargizer puts out such as a few miliamps that I could register with a voltmeter to see if it is still operating or do they operate on a pulse thing ( I think I remember reading this here) where I would have to wait/watch for the pulse? If the latter is the case, what is the frequency of the pulse?
Watching a voltmeter for a pulse may turn into a substitute replacement candidate for watching the grass grow and I don't have the delicacy of spare time available lately.........

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[papercu]

out

Well you can check it with a volt meter it will need to be in sunlight of course. Voltage will vary with the amount of light.
But the ones I seen has a red LED on the black box to let you know it working and on the right terminals, not sure in the military ones have it or not. Wayne

 

[papercu]

out

sunlight of course

Make that any light, of course Wayne

 

[nf6x]

RE: out

They do the pulse thing that you mentioned. I think the pulse frequency is somewhere in the several kilohertz range.

Mine make a high-pitched whine when they're operating, and the whine changes pitch depending on the amount of light. You might not be able to hear the whine if you mistreated your ears when you were younger, though!

 

[acetomatoco]

RE: out

The LED dies on some of them, but the system still works... Use your voltmeter on it and you will see...Pulsing only occurs some small fraction of the time... They take a lot of abuse... You might think of velcro sided tape to hold it on... works fine and you can remove it easy enough when you are travelilng..

 

[Polverone]

Re: RE: out

The LED dies on some of them, but the system still works... Use your voltmeter on it and you will see...Pulsing only occurs some small fraction of the time... They take a lot of abuse... You might think of velcro sided tape to hold it on... works fine and you can remove it easy enough when you are travelilng..

Hey, that sounds good. I did not know it had a LED on the box mid cable. I will check that.
Yeah, I wouldn't be able to hear any whine since I have been trapshooting, hunting, rock concerts, and thumpin' ear-bleed Metal music for 30+ years. Everything above 5000 hz is just a memory. What?

I have a piece of magnetic sign material that I painted OD Green that I am going to silicon the Solargizer to....................I just gotta remember where I put it after I painted it.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

RE: Re: RE: out

Mine all have the LED on them and the light lights up when there is sun shining on it. I have had good results with it and the real test will be how the trucks start when I get home from Korea. I like the fact that they are in epoxy and have long leads on them allowing a variety of mounting options. I do not think the fall would hurt the cell and I think the weakest link is the control box but I have not had one fail yet.