mppt vs pwm
Hi, A nice little video comparing mppt vs pwm with the batteries in bulk mode. mppt vs pwm
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KJINTF wrote:
Agreed a fair fight is difficult to setup
The fight becomes a completely different game with LFP batteries
The guy over at http://www.marinehowto.com/ did a PWM Vs MPPT test
Results a clear 20% gain from MPPT
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For those of you that haven't looked at this here is a clicky. Click "tree view" then scroll down to the one titled MPPT vs PWM Controllers.
He uses identical panels tested simultaneously with different controllers. It was fairly lousy weather in May in Maine.
He also has some interesting comments about cheap (Chinese) controllers.
Here's a copy of the test results. For those of you who are "watts averse", notice that the results are in amps.:)
