New controller? Looks like it was added today.
Off solar blvd site http://www.solarblvd.com/p2907/Midnite-Solar-The-KID,-30A-MPPT-Charge-Controller,-150V,-Black/product_info.html Hyper-link tab not working for me.
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi Almot,
Once the batteries are full, I'd prefer to not wasted the potential solar harvest. I'd use it for powering a water heater element. Not an essential addition--but why not do so?
We only need hot water first thing in the morning (when we also do the dishes from last night) so if the solar did heat up some water it would be cold again by morning---a waste.
Luckily we can use the solar for things that very evening, like watch TV powered by another storage device---a battery! :)
Ok, seriously, what can you do as a diversion in the afternoon that you can use before it is gone? We don't need to be a farmer and pump water up into a big tank overhead and then get it back down by gravity as needed. Must be something.
Only trick I have found is use the laptop on its own battery in the morning, not off the inverter. Then recharge it in the afternoon using the spare solar.
