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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2024
It 180V device. If it get over 160V it's turning off charging
Matthew J. Hunt
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
I will only take one star for the price versus quality factor. Does it work? Yes. Indeed, it works like most MPPT controllers and the display/menu is identical. It is dual fan and they run loudly, but move air... which is good while charging loads.The plastic body looks similarly to others, but is a bit thinner in build and flexes easily. Not a huge deal as most are semi-permanently mounted to a board with other gear.I put this in place between my array and the load and it did this job. No frills or added functionality, but it charges and maintains is well. If you are a newbie to these things, you will likely get lost. The instructions with these are fairly worthless. So, YouTube is your friend.
ihaveastory6132onutube
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2023
I have several controllers and in comparison this one feels and looks kinda cheap. It works great! Handles a decent load! Easy to install!Update after using this for a while I'm done with it! It's coming out today! While is works I can't stand it! It shows batteries at 100% while any charge is coming in even tho they are actually 60ish% where every other controller shows actual battery rate 24/7. My other issue is this thing turns itself off constantly at random. Turn it on and 2 mins, 5hrs, a day later, 2 days later, it just shuts off! Put my phone on the charger, get in the shower, make breakfast, get ready to head out, and looky there my phone never charged because this stupid thing turned off.....again.....and again......and again......it's going on a shelf as a back up......
Avid couch surfer
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2023
UPDATED review: After 3 months of use the MPPT controller is still working fine but the power point tracking technology or algorithms is flawed. During the winter when the sun’s angle is fairly steep the controller keeps the PV panel voltage too low reducing the solar panel’s efficiency. I updated my configuration by replacing some panel and switching to bifacial panels for better efficiency. Using 2 X 320Watt bifacial panels in-series with a VoC of 58V. I should have been getting 30A~ to the battery on sunny mornings. Instead the controller keeps the PV panel voltage at around 18V and produces 9A~ of power to the batteries, around 1/3 the efficiency. If I disconnect the panels and reconnect them the MPPT tracks them around 48V and produces 30A~ of output to the battery array. The problem occurs when the sun’s angle is high and the panels produce less voltage and gradually ramps up the MPPT keeps tracking but restricts the voltage in the lower range of 17V ~ 18V and doesn’t allow the voltage to swing higher. I pulled out this controller and replaced it with another 60A controller that doesn’t have this tracking flaw. The MPPT controller works fine for parallel panel connections but fails to track properly with series connected higher voltage panels. I’ve had similar issues with other brands of whole house power stations tracking higher efficiency panels and swapped those out for newer models as a side note.Original review below:This MPPT controller allows for up to 180V VoC from your solar array and outputs up to 60 amps @ 48V to your battery stack. On my solar panel setup I have three parallel sets of four panels connected in series for a total of 12 panels at 82V VoC and then all of those connected in series with a 600 watt panel with a 52V VoC for a total VoC of 135V. This controller can support 180V input from your solar array which is good for eight, 12V panels or four, 24V panels in series with four sets in parallel input to this controller.The controller has one set of panel input, one set of battery output, and one set of load output on the bottom of the panel. There are two small 12V fans that draw air down into the unit, but in my opinion should be drawing air up instead as heat rises. The layout of the circuits in the controller is grouped together by function and the board is encased in a polymer coating for indoor and outdoor applications.The input clamps allow for a fairly large gage wire as you would need 8AWG for maximum of 60A DC current supported by the unit. 8AWG stranded wire is only rated for 55A so if you wanted to keep within code you would need to use 6AWG wire for 60A of DC current.
glynn jenkins
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2023
but it dose not take that much to figger it out to set the battery and the volts. I would say around 15mins. and so far it controlled the chargeing cycle on a dead battery inside two days. wi have all ready purchased 2nd one. very happy so far.
One
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023
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