{"id":27346,"date":"2026-09-03T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=27346"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:01:10","slug":"my-vernier-energy-counter-has-overheated-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/27346","title":{"rendered":"My Vernier Energy Counter has overheated! Now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article refers to the <a href=\"\/product\/vernier-energy-counter\/\">Vernier Energy Counter<\/a> (<nobr>VEC<\/nobr>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Vernier Energy Counter is continuously connected to an energy source (generator or solar panel) after the 30-second measurement period, the sensor can overheat. The best thing to do is immediately disconnect the Vernier Energy Counter from the energy source and let it cool down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At voltages closer to the maximum of \u00b112 V, it will take less time for the sensor to overheat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the sensor is in danger of overheating while in use, a thermometer icon will appear on the display next to the battery status icon:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27348\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this is displayed, the Vernier Energy Counter can still be used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the sensor has reached the point of overheating, the display will show a warning icon, a thermometer icon, and a fire icon:<\/p>\n<style>.kb-image27346_bbec87-cd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image27346_bbec87-cd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:257px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image27346_bbec87-cd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image27346_bbec87-cd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image27346_bbec87-cd{max-width:257px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image27346_bbec87-cd{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image27346_bbec87-cd img{width:100%;}.kb-image27346_bbec87-cd .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image27346_bbec87-cd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1395\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/20260717_155241.jpg\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-27350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/20260717_155241.jpg 1395w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/20260717_155241-600x184.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/20260717_155241-1024x313.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/20260717_155241-768x235.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1395px) 100vw, 1395px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, in order to avoid damaging the sensor, you MUST disconnect it from the energy source and let the sensor cool down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allowing the sensor to stay in the overheated state will void the warranty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article refers to the If the Vernier Energy Counter is continuously connected to an energy source (generator or solar panel) after the 30-second measurement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27351,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27346\/revisions\/27351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}