Strange rotations and solar panels limited?

[ElasticRaven]

I'm having two difficulties with 0.22:

1. I haven't been able to explain why my ship starts to rotate in deep space. Even outside of any atmosphere and when the engines aren't firing. I don't remember this happening (at least to this extent) with previous versions. My craft is slightly asymmetric, but that shouldn't cause a noticeable rotation.

2. I spent the evening working on a big mission to Duna, only to find my electric charge won't go over 10 . It stops at 9 something. I have SAS turned off and solar panels deployed. I've seen as high as 0.94 exposure on the panels. The charge goes up just like normal until gets to just over 9. Then stops even though I didn't retract the panels, turn on SAS, or (intentionally) send a transmission. Nothing shows up on the usual text display about a transmission.

Does anybody know what is going on?

Edited February 15, 2014 by ElasticRaven

[LickableIce]

1. Your fuel levels are probably not equal. Try checking those.

2. I have no idea, nothing has happened to me yet.

[Gus]

I've noticed that if I don't turn on ASAS before I go on an EVA, the ship will develop a rotation making it difficult to get back into.

What is the capacity of your batteries?

Edited October 20, 2013 by Gus

[Kasuha]

Ad 1: if you are in orbit and your ship is completely stationary, it will appear to rotate about once around its axis with each orbit, particularly if you are using Orbital or Free camera as they are showing your ship relatively to the body you are orbiting.

Also the game's adjustment for it is not perfect so the ship will also develop rotation relative to its original "perfectly stationary" heading.

[SRV Ron]

If you point the ship to the planet, does it stay pointed throughout a complete orbit? If it does, then it is rotating once per orbit. If not, it is not rotating but appears to do so as your ship orbits the planet.

[Dave Kerbin]

I've noticed that if I don't turn on ASAS before I go on an EVA, the ship will develop a rotation making it difficult to get back into.

Every action has an opposite and equal reaction. When the Kerbal pushes away from the ladder it also imparts a small force on the ship. Unless the ladder is somehow perfectly lined up with the center of mass that force causes it to rotate.

[ElasticRaven]

I've noticed that if I don't turn on ASAS before I go on an EVA, the ship will develop a rotation making it difficult to get back into.

Thanks! Now that you mention it, I only see the rotation happening after EVA. I had forgotten about that

What is the capacity of your batteries?

I'm using the regular command pod and MechJeb, so 55. The lander (the part with problems) relies on the solar panels instead of batteries.