Handy solar info for lead acid batteries

hbski wrote:
I too find him cranky and opinionated, but he also provides some good info. He definitely has a bias for Bogart and Tristar, but admittedly says he has not tried many others and recommends what HE knows will work from experience.

Judging from his review of MideNite's Classic controller, this should be rephrased to he recommends what HE can get to work.

Handy B could not get his Classic working the way he wanted and gives some details about it on his blog.

For example, he had trouble with the controller's arc fault detection. Let me say that I have a Classic and on the advice of others, I just turned arc fault OFF. The Classic manual (page 45) recommends you do this if you're having problems like Handy B did.

About that Classic manual -- it stinks. Could not agree more with HB about this, but that's what Adobe Reader is for . . . searching for stuff instead of paging through a paper manual . . . which I think is exactly what HB did.

Anyway, I think this HB quote about the Classic (and Outback) controllers says it all: "I know there are many people who claim to love the things. Well, people who buy any expensive thing will brag about how smart they are."

Inferiority complex much?

Instead of HB's site, I recommend Jack Mayer's site -- www.jackdanmayer.com.